Travel and Tourism

March 8, 2013 0

Philippines Advances 12 Spots in 2013 WEF Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report

The National Competitiveness Council is pleased to note that recent government efforts to revitalize the local travel and tourism industry have been recognized and acknowledged by the international [read more]

October 4, 2012 0

My response to the Palace statement on the Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175)

I have always called out the President, or at least his Communication group on how “social media would improve the communication processes between government and its people.” Blog Watch welcomed [read more]

May 9, 2012 0

Promoting eco-cultural tourism in Batanes #itsMoreFunInThePhilippines

Everybody says Batanes province is beautiful, even those who’ve never been there. Our idea of the place has been shaped by popular images of steep, picturesque cliffs meeting the pounding surf. [read more]

May 8, 2012 1

“It’s More Fun in the Philippines” on target for 2012, hits 1.148M tourist arrivals in Q1

Visitor arrivals to the Philippines hit an all-time high of 1,148,072 during the first three months of the year (January-March 2012), posting an increase of 16.03% versus last year’s arrivals of [read more]

May 2, 2012 0

Video: Filipinos™ tease Times Square

15 Electronic Billboards. 5 Minutes of Billboard Airtime. 100 Million Filipino™ global superstars. 1 Brand. Change the way you look at a nation on June 12, 2012. Watch this video: This looks like [read more]

April 30, 2012 0

Video: DOT #itsmorefuninthePhilippines CNN MEME TVC (International Campaign)

The video of DOT first TVC first aired on CNN. The video is being shared via social networking sites, in “keeping with the DOT’s strategy of making “It’s More Fun” a [read more]

April 29, 2012 0

MeetManila launches PH’s newest travel portal

This is MeetManila.com’s press release for April 26 launching. MeetManila is the newest and Philippine travel portal. MANILA, Philippines — On April 26, 2012, Meet Manila joins the [read more]

January 7, 2012 4

Making PHL tourism campaign “It’s more fun in the Philippines” work #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines

Do you like “”It’s more fun in the Philippines” , the new Philippine campaign slogan? Ted Te in his Facebook Note says For some strange reason, when the new tourism tag line [read more]

January 6, 2012 0

Department of Tourism announces new campaign to attract visitors to the Philippines

This is the press statement from DOT ?The Department of Tourism (DOT) is launching a new brand campaign to attract visitors to the country with the line – ‘It’s more fun in the [read more]

January 6, 2012 6

@DOTPhilippines new tourism campaign: “It’s more fun in the Philippines” #1forFun

Number one for fun. That is what we are known for. is not just the beautiful Philippine scenery that is being talked about in the Philippines. “It’s more fun in the Philippines” DOT [read more]

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Blog Watch receives the “Best Story” Award for the First Data Journalism PH 2015 from the Open Knowledge Foundation and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for their story on “Aid Monitoring: Citizens’ Initial Efforts in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda” . Forbes Philippines also received the same award.