09/10/2024
๐ฃ๐, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea inked the implementation program of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tourism Cooperation for 2024-2029 during the first state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the country.
The deal was signed by Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and her counterpart, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In-chon, dated October 7, 2024, with an exchange of documents witnessed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at Malacaรฑan Palace, Monday (Oct. 7).
The signing of the implementation program for 2024-2029 continues and expands the bilateral tourism cooperation between the two countries under an MOU on Tourism Cooperation previously signed in 2006.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ Secretary Frasco said.
Under the renewed cooperation, both countries have agreed to have an exchange of tourism professionals and administrators to strengthen mutual development and competency in the fields of hotels, resorts, cruises, ports, tourism products, and other related industries; exchange in tourism information on tourism development; strengthen tourism safety by establishing and improving tourism safety cooperation mechanisms through information sharing and contingency coordination; joint promotion and marketing to increase the overall number of tourist traffic between the two countries; participating in training and exchange; supporting each otherโs tourism fairs, exhibitions, and other promotional initiatives; and encouraging tourism investment.
A Joint Working Group will be formed to serve as a platform for both countries to ensure the discussion and enforcement of the program.
South Korea continues to be a vital partner in Philippine tourism, consistently ranking as the top source market of international visitors.
As of October 7, 2024, South Korea ranks number one in terms of international visitor arrivals to the country which accounts for 27.16 percent of total foreign tourist arrivals since January 2024, with 1,230,858 visitors from South Korea arriving in the Philippines, reaffirming their position as the country's leading tourism market.
According to the tourism chief, the renewed implementation program is expected to strengthen this robust partnership by introducing new initiatives focused on sustainability, green technology, and the development of emerging tourism destinations across the Philippines.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ-๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,โ she said.
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