02/01/2025
๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ: ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday (Jan 1) said that Japan's lowering of travel advisory levels to some parts of Mindanao is a welcome move for the countryโs local tourism industry and will secure gains in terms of tourism revenue and livelihood generation in tourism-related industries.
This follows the advisory from Japanโs Foreign Ministry easing travel to certain areas in the Philippines among its residents recently.
According to the revised classification, the Davao region, composed of Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Occidental, was lowered from Level 2 to Level 1. These areas now join the cities of Mati, Tagum, Samal, Davao, and Digos, which remain at Level 1.
The Province of Misamis Oriental was downgraded from Level 2 to Level 1. Cagayan de Oro City, Jasaan, Villanueva, and Tagoloan have remained at Level 1.
In the Caraga Region, Surigao City, a component city of the provincial capital, was also lowered from Level 2 to Level 1, joining the Siargao Islands at Level 1.
While in the Soccsksargen region, the eastern part of Sarangani Province, which is Malungon, Alabel, Malapatan, and Glan was lowered from Level 3 to Level 2.
Level 1 travel advisory advises Japanese travelers to take extra care; Level 2 means refrain from traveling if non-essential and non-urgent; while Level 3 refrains traveling at any time.
As a response, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco shares her optimism in the lowering of the advisory levels.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ก๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ Frasco said.
The Secretary noted that it would further boost the countryโs tourism revenue, with partially estimated visitor receipts accounting for P712 billion from January 01 to December 15, 2024, representing a 119 percent recovery rate from the 2019 pre-pandemic numbers.
โ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ช๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด,โ she noted.
As of December 28, 2024, Japan ranks as the third country to deliver the highest tourist arrivals into the country, with 378,935 visitors. As one of the key tourism markets of the Philippines, the DOT, through its foreign and regional offices, is working together by luring Japanese travelers to visit Mindanao in particular by promoting Davao and Siargao Island to experience its gastronomy, culture, beach, and surfing scenes. In Northern Mindanao, the Japanese are fond of golfing, swimming, and diving; some also do birdwatching.
Among the efforts being done by the DOT to bolster revenue and arrivals for the tourism industry include the launching of the Philippine Dive Experience, a new tourism program to showcase the Philippinesโ unparalleled underwater landscapes and promote sustainable diving practices that benefit local communities while safeguarding the nationโs natural marine heritage, and the Philippine Experience program, a cultural tourism program also piloted under the current administration that aims to promote the Philippines' culture, heritage, and arts through thematic and immersive tours.
