07/01/2024
More long weekends please ๐ซถ๐ปโ๏ธ
๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ: ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข, ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ดโThe tourism landscape in the Philippines is poised for a prospective uptick in the year ahead with the anticipated series of extended weekends throughout 2024.
Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco of the Department of Tourism (DOT) has expressed her optimism, citing these elongated breaks as a potential catalyst for a substantial boost to the country's domestic tourism sector.
This positive outlook follows President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.'s recent announcement of the schedule for these extended holiday breaks, a move lauded by the tourism chief for its significant impact on the nation's economic growth trajectory.
"๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ 5.45 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 2023, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด '๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ.' ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ดโ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ (๐๐๐๐) 2023-2028, ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐,โ said Secretary Frasco.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต," the Tourism Chief added.
Reflecting on the statistical insights from 2022 released mid-2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) noted a staggering 102 million domestic trips, contributing an impressive PHP1.5 trillion to domestic tourism expenditure. Among the overall PHP1.87 trillion in internal tourism expenditure, inclusive of spending by foreign visitors and Filipinos residing abroad, a substantial PHP1.5 trillion was directly attributed to domestic tourism spending. This economic contribution stemmed from expenses by local visitors, encompassing both domestic trips and components of international travel occurring within the country's borders.
"๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฅ๐บ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฏ, '๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด,โ Secretary Frasco enthused.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ'๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ,โ the tourism chief added.
