DFA: PHL named 'Honeymoon Destination of the Year' in China
08/29/2011
GMA News
The Philippines was hailed as the “Honeymoon Destination of the Year" for 2011 in this year’s "China Travel and Meetings Industry Awards," the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
According to the DFA, the award reflects the confidence in the Philippines of Chinese tourism industry stakeholders who joined the voting that began in July this year.
“The announcement of this award is auspicious, coming ahead of the State Visit of President Benigno Aquino III to China, which draws focus on the efforts of the Philippine and Chinese governments to facilitate and further strengthen the level of economic and people-to-people ties, including tourism," the DFA said in a news release posted on its website on Sunday.
The DFA said the Philippines managed to beat Bali in Indonesia and Thailand, two other tourist spots in the region, in the voting process.
Philippine Embassy in Beijing Charge d’affaires Alex Chua said that “the continued recognition and endorsement by the Chinese travel industry of the Philippines’ outstanding tourism assets further improves the country’s position in China’s 57.4-million outbound travel market."
Boracay cited in 2010
Meanwhile, in 2010, Boracay Island topped the list as Best Short Haul Tourism Destination by the same industry competition organized by Travel Weekly Publications.
Boracay is already the most popular and established Philippine tourism product in China, the DFA said.
Department of Tourism (DOT)’s representative in Beijing, Jazmin Esguerra, is confident that the Chinese tourism industry’s positive assessment of the Philippines will boost Chinese tourism arrivals in the country.
China has recently become the fourth biggest source of tourists in the Philippines, posting an average annual growth of 20 percent since 2005.
The annual number of Chinese tourists in the Philippines rose from 39,581 in 2004 to 187,446 in 2010. - VVP, GMA News
According to the DFA, the award reflects the confidence in the Philippines of Chinese tourism industry stakeholders who joined the voting that began in July this year.
“The announcement of this award is auspicious, coming ahead of the State Visit of President Benigno Aquino III to China, which draws focus on the efforts of the Philippine and Chinese governments to facilitate and further strengthen the level of economic and people-to-people ties, including tourism," the DFA said in a news release posted on its website on Sunday.
The DFA said the Philippines managed to beat Bali in Indonesia and Thailand, two other tourist spots in the region, in the voting process.
Philippine Embassy in Beijing Charge d’affaires Alex Chua said that “the continued recognition and endorsement by the Chinese travel industry of the Philippines’ outstanding tourism assets further improves the country’s position in China’s 57.4-million outbound travel market."
Boracay cited in 2010
Meanwhile, in 2010, Boracay Island topped the list as Best Short Haul Tourism Destination by the same industry competition organized by Travel Weekly Publications.
Boracay is already the most popular and established Philippine tourism product in China, the DFA said.
Department of Tourism (DOT)’s representative in Beijing, Jazmin Esguerra, is confident that the Chinese tourism industry’s positive assessment of the Philippines will boost Chinese tourism arrivals in the country.
China has recently become the fourth biggest source of tourists in the Philippines, posting an average annual growth of 20 percent since 2005.
The annual number of Chinese tourists in the Philippines rose from 39,581 in 2004 to 187,446 in 2010. - VVP, GMA News
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