{"id":160289,"date":"2018-04-17T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=160289"},"modified":"2018-04-17T03:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T07:40:58","slug":"7-4-m-tourists-goal-in-2018-stays-despite-boracays-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/17\/7-4-m-tourists-goal-in-2018-stays-despite-boracays-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"7.4-M tourists goal in 2018 stays despite Boracay&#8217;s closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158658\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boracay_5ac2e9bca3df79_93920715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158658\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boracay_5ac2e9bca3df79_93920715.jpg\" alt=\"Despite the six-month closure of tourist-raking Boracay, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is optimistic that the country could still meet the 7.4 million international tourist arrivals goal for this year. (PNA photo) \" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite the six-month closure of tourist-raking Boracay, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is optimistic that the country could still meet the 7.4 million international tourist arrivals goal for this year. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA-<\/strong>&#8211; Despite the six-month closure of tourist-raking Boracay, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is optimistic that the country could still meet the 7.4 million international tourist arrivals goal for this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The target will still be the same. We will meet (the target), we will work on it,&#8221; Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo said in an interview with reporters Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Teo said that while Boracay is the first destination that comes into mind when talking about Philippine tourism, its temporary closure does not mean an end to the industry(tourism).<\/p>\n<p>Teo bared that Boracay only attracts some 986,920 tourists, unlike Cebu, which lured 2.2 million international visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s almost 50 percent of our (2017) tourist arrivals, while Boracay is only less than one million,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>DOT continues to push for new and underrated destinations in the country. It also aims to further promote farm and faith tourism sectors<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Coron in Palawan, Bohol and Cebu, Teo said there are other idyllic beaches in Siargao, Samal and Pagudpud.<\/p>\n<p>But apart from beaches, DOT is also positioning the Philippines for sports and adventure tourism with the hosting of Strongest Man, the Iron Man, and other sports-related events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA-&#8211; Despite the six-month closure of tourist-raking Boracay, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is optimistic that the country could still &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":158658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[2747,25339,29241],"class_list":["post-160289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-boracay","tag-department-of-tourism-dot","tag-wanda-tulfo-teo","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}