On Monday of this week, I made a post entitled “Tourism Woes” in which I described how my Mother came to visit the Philippines and spent the night sitting on the sidewalk in front of Terminal 2 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, waiting for the terminal to open so that she could catch her flight […]
Tourism woes
A while back I wrote an article about some of the problems in the area of Tourism in the Philippines, and how I thought they could be addressed. Last week, another problem was brought to my attention, and I think that it is a fairly serious problem with Philippine Tourism. As anybody who follows this […]
The Philippines: More than the Usual
The Department of Tourism here has a campaign where they advertise that the Philippines is “More than the Usual.” For me, I really believe that! The Philippines is not the normal place. Things are different here! Some are good, some are not as good, but certainly different. That’s what I love about the Philippines, there’s […]
How to improve Philippine Tourism
The Philippines desperately wants to increase tourism in the country as a way to bolster the economy of the country. Let’s face it, for a tropical country like the Philippines, tourism is an excellent avenue for bringing in Dollars (or any currency). People from all over the world want to spend their holiday time on […]
Julie Campbell, R.I.P.
Recently here in the Philippines, a United States Peace Corp Volunteer was murdered, her name was Julia Campbell. Julia Campbell, 40 years old, was from Fairfax, Virginia. Campbell had been teaching at an Albay College on the island of Luzon since September 2005. She was fluent in Tagalog. I saw her do an interview on […]
Korean visitors flocking to the Philippines
Over the past 2 years or so, the statistics are showing that a lot of Koreans are coming to visit the Philippines! I see it everywhere I look too. I see many Koreans out around town. I see a lot of Korean Restaurants popping up everywhere you look. It seems that the Philippines has become […]