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(Eagle News) – The Department of Environment will review and update the existing Boracay Master Plan and demolish all illegal structures in the island during Boracay’s six month closure that will start on Thursday, April 26. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu made this announcement saying that the masterplan should also cover nearby islands to boost tourism revenues in the Northern Aklan region. Cimatu said that DENR intends to come up with a “more comprehensive Northern […]
AURORA, Baler (Eagle News) — Kilala ang bayan ng Baler bilang surfing capital ng bansa bunsod ng naglalakihang alon mula sa dagat Pasipiko. Ngunit hindi lang Baler ang may itinatagong ganda na maaaring puntahan ng mga turista sa lalawigan ng Aurora. Nariyan ang bayan ng Casiguran—bagamat simple at payak ang pamumuhay ng mga tao rito hindi maikakaila ang ganda ng kanilang beach na matatagpuan sa Aurora Pacific Ecozone. Positibo ang pananaw ng nag-iisang kongresista ng […]
(Eagle News) — Tiwala ang Department of Tourism (DOT) na ituturing na bilang isang ‘premium destnation’ ang isla ng Boracay matapos itong i-rehabilitate. Sinabi ni DOT-Western Visayas Regional Director Helen Catalbas na magiging world class tourism site ang Boracay kapag tuluyan na itong nalinis. Aniya, kung aaprubahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang rekomendasyong pansamantalang isara ang isla sa loob ng isang taon ay hindi naman ito nangangahulugang hindi na maaaring tumanggap pa dito ng […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Nancy Binay recommended that instead of total closure of Boracay to tourists, there should be a limited entry of tourists to the island. The senator explained that many would be affected if Boracay is totally closed, especially the 17, 000 workers depending on tourism. Aside from limiting tourist entry into the island, the senator also suggested that those who did not comply with the requirements of environmental laws […]
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 […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s doors are still open to United States tourists, Pyongyang said Friday, despite Washington banning its citizens from travelling there following the death of a US student who had been jailed in the country. The US prohibition, which comes into effect September 1, was introduced after officials said the “serious risk” of arrest by Pyongyang authorities during tourist travel presented an “imminent danger to the physical safety” of its […]
KALIBO, Aklan (Eagle News) – Umabot na sa halos isang milyon ang mga turistang bumisita sa isla ng Boracay sa loob lamang ng kalahating taon. Sa ulat ng Provincial Tourism Office, mula Enero hanggang Hunyo nitong taon (2017), ang tourist arrivals sa Boracay ay umabot na sa mahigit 947,000. Mas mataas ang bilang na ito ng 12.48 % kumpara sa bilang ng mga turista sa parehong panahon sa nakalipas na taon. Nasa 842,000 ang mga turistang […]
CHONGQING, China (AFP) — Suspended more than 120 meters (400 feet) above a gaping chasm, the world’s longest cantilevered glass skywalk is delighting and terrifying visitors in China. The v-shaped walkway stretches almost 70 meters from a sheer cliff face in southwest Chongqing, offering intrepid tourists a vertigo-inducing view of the ground some 123 meters below. No more than 30 people are allowed on the skywalk at any one time. While some pause to pose […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Terrorists are planning to kidnap foreigners on a Philippine island popular with tourists, the United States embassy has warned, a month after a foiled abduction attempt by Islamic militants at another tourism hotspot. An advisory from the US embassy in Manila on Tuesday warned Americans to “carefully consider” going to Palawan, naming a World Heritage-listed underground river as one area of specific concern. “The US Embassy has received credible information that […]
Thanks to last winter’s heavy rains, California’s flower-covered hills are experiencing their greatest bloom in more than a decade. Hordes of tourists are flocking to the region, which had been marked by an historic drought for the past several years. https://youtu.be/eE8kcecTbHk
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX said Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the moon late next year, in what would mark the furthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. The United States has not sent astronauts to the moon since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ’70s. “We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN with Katy Lee in Paris MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Skygazers took to high-rise buildings, tourist landmarks and beaches worldwide on Monday to catch a glimpse of the closest “supermoon” to Earth in almost seven decades. The unusually big and bright moon happens when the Earth’s satellite rock is full at the same time as, or very near, perigee — its closest point to our planet on its monthly ellipsis-shaped orbit. At […]
