Ramon Jimenez
Philippines welcomed 4.68m foreigners in 2013
Nearly 4.7 million foreigners visited the Philippines in 2013, according to a statement by the country's Department of Tourism (DOT) on February 13. The...
Tagaytay: Reaching the Philippines’ boiling point
“Balance, balance,” coached the jockey, all the while yelping her own coded commands at my sturdy blonde-haired mare. Somehow, until this day, I would...
Philippines: The 5 best beaches besides Boracay
It can be said, perhaps here more than anywhere, that “life is a beach.” The Philippines is blessed with some of the world’s most...
Aquino set for first Myanmar visit
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to make an historic visit to Myanmar on June 7, where a high-level delegation including senior executives...
Philippines eyes $2b from health tourism
The Philippines wants to position itself as an inexpensive medical tourism destination and has set the income target from this sector to $2 billion...
Philippine investors plow into San Vicente
The remote beachside municipality of San Vicente in northwestern Palawan, little known outside of the Philippines, is receiving a flood of domestic investors that...
Philippine tourism to create 3.6m jobs
The Philippine tourism industry is readied to become the muscle behind the country’s job generation machine, employing 7.4 million people by 2016, up from...
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Southeast Asia’s tallest tower to open next year
Southeast Asia’s tallest building and the second tallest in the world, the Merdeka 118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is due for completion by...
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Indonesia starts building its new capital
Indonesia has eventually broken ground on its new capital Nusantara to be constructed in East Kalimantan on Borneo Island with plans to complete the...