MANILA — United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard is still welcome to visit the Philippines as a tourist, Malacañang assured Saturday. Presidential Spokesperson...
MANILA — Amid series of political noise, security concerns, and travel advisories the Philippines faced last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said it had achieved...
YANGON–Over 40,000 foreign tourists visited Myanmar’s world famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon in April, the first month of the 2017-18 fiscal year, according to the Pagoda’s...
NAVAL–The local government here is eyeing more tourists to visit picturesque Higatangan Island this year with intensified promotion in a bid to make it one of...
MANILA–More tourists are expected to visit the walled-city of Intramuros with the renovation of two sections of the century-old Fort Santiago—Paseo Soledad and Plaza Moriones. The...
MACAO –Macao recorded 30.95 million tourist arrivals in 2016, with overnight-stay visitors exceeding same-day visitors, the special administrative region’s tourism office said on Wednesday. Macao’s total...
MANILA – Despite the controversial rift between China and the Philippines, a Chinese Ambassador said, China still wants more investments and tourists in the Philippines. “I...
PYONGYANG, North Korea – North Korea has detained a 24-year-old American man for improper behavior while he was being processed to enter the country as...
MANILA, Philippines – Muslim militants have brought a Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel receptionist to their jungle stronghold in the southern Philippines after kidnapping the...