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BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) — Sa hinaharap, maaari nang mamasyal sa bagong diskubre na kweba sa Baguio City. Kapag ito ay pormal nang binuksan ng City Government of Baguio para gawing isang tourist spot ay papangalanan itong Bilis Cave. Ayon kay Baguio City councilor Leandro Yangot Jr., kailangan munang magawan ng mga guidelines bago pormal na buksan sa publiko ang lugar upang maingatan at mapanatili ang kagandahan at kalinisan nito.
Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines’ famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in polluted waters. The outspoken leader last week blasted the tiny island’s hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage directly into the sea and turning it into a “cesspool.” The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said a total […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Gulf metropolis Dubai, on its never-ending quest to break records, announced the opening of the “world’s new tallest hotel” Sunday, pipping another towering landmark in the city for the title. The gleaming gold 75-storey Gevora Hotel stands 356 meters, or nearly a quarter of a mile, tall. The new record-holder is within view of its predecessor, Dubai’s JW Mariott Marquis — just one meter shorter. The Gevora’s first guests […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday called Boracay a “cesspool” that needs to be cleaned up. As such, the President told hotels, restaurants and other businesses on the tiny central island to do their part or he would ban tourism there. “I will close Boracay. Boracay is a cesspool,” Duterte told a business forum in his southern home city of Davao late Friday, according to an official transcript released by the presidential palace Saturday. “You go […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umabot sa mahigit 6 na milyong dayuhang turista ang dumagsa sa Pilipinas noong nakaraang taon. Batay sa nakalap na datos ng Department of Tourism (DOT), umabot sa 6.6 milyon na foreign tourists ang bumisita sa Pilipinas. Noong January 2017, naitala ang pinakamaraming dayuhan na bumisita sa bansa—mahigit 620,000—habang pumangalawa ang buwan ng Disyembre na umabot naman sa mahigit 600,000 turista. Mas mataas ito ng 11 porsyento kumpara sa dami ng […]
By Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse With chili-flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in a region where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay province has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon volcano whose periodic activity offers both boundless opportunity as well as enduring misery. Since Mayon began shooting out lava two weeks […]
(Eagle News) — Isa sa mga plano ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Aklan ang pag-kumbinse sa mga residente ng Boracay na lumipat sa mainland o mas malaking bahagi ng lalawigan. Ito ay para maging maluwag ang isla, dahil mas marami ang residente kaysa turista. May mga kaso rin ng mga ilegal na naninirahan sa isla na isa sa mga sanhi ng polusyon dahil hindi sila naka-kabit sa sewage system. Bagaman kinukonsidera ang pag-kumbinsi sa mga […]
by Mark Ralston Agence France Presse ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP) — Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday. Helicopters spent two hours airlifting some of those stranded to nearby villages, while others remained stuck in the resort for a second day running after snow blocked road and rail links. In the Pyrenees, a skier […]
LYON, France (AFP) — Around 150 skiers in the French Alps were rescued after being trapped for several hours when their ski lift broke down on Sunday. The rescue operation lasted about two hours, Franck Lecoutre, head of the tourism office in the Chamrousse ski resort, near Grenoble, told AFP. “They will all be in time for Christmas Eve,” he said, noting that no one had been hurt. The weather was clear for the rescue operation. The […]
by Leila Macor Agence France Presse FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (AFP) — Until Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Jose Figueroa did brisk business renting kayaks to tourists itching to see a lagoon that lights up by night thanks to millions of microorganisms. Today, things are so dire he’s considering selling water to motorists stopped at red lights. “Now we are trying to survive,” the 46-year-old tour guide said. It used to be that visitors had to […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malaki ang naitulong ng pagdaraos ng ika-65 Miss Universe Coronation Night noong 2016 sa pagpapalakas ng turismo sa Pilipinas. Ito ang naging pahayag ni Department of Tourism (DOT) Wanda Teo. Kaya naman sa pagbisita sa bansa ng mga kandidata, maging si Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, ay inaasahan ng kagawaran ang paglago muli ng turismo ng Pilipinas. Sinabi ni Teo na nangako na ang mga kandidata ng naturang beauty pageant […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nananatiling mga koreano ang pinakamaraming bumisita sa Pilipinas ngayong taon. Batay sa datos ng Bureau of Immigration (BI), umabot sa mahigit 1.4 million na South Koreans ang pumasok sa bansa simula noong January hanggang November ngayong taon. Mas mataas ito ng 1.3 percent kumpara sa bilang ng bumisitang Koreano sa bansa noong 2016. Pangalawa sa pinakamaraming bumisita sa bansa ay mga American national na umabot sa 869,732, pero mas mababa […]
