{"id":18432,"date":"2014-07-08T02:42:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=18432"},"modified":"2014-07-08T02:42:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T18:42:19","slug":"palace-sees-steady-growth-in-tourism-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/08\/palace-sees-steady-growth-in-tourism-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace sees steady growth in tourism industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1932\" style=\"width: 1936px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/borawhitebeach2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1932\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/borawhitebeach2.jpg\" alt=\"World famous beaches of Boracay (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"1936\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/borawhitebeach2.jpg 1936w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/borawhitebeach2-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/borawhitebeach2-764x1024.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1936px) 100vw, 1936px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World famous beaches of Boracay (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The country\u2019s tourism industry has grown impressively in recent years, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The industry grew by 10.3 percent and contributed 6 percent to the economy in 2012, employing 4.2 million individuals, Lacierda said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, international tourist arrivals reached 4.68 million, 9.6 percent higher than the 4.27 million posted in 2012, he said, adding that the Department of Tourism is projecting the figure to increase to 6.8 million by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would solidify our country\u2019s reputation as one of the top tourist destinations in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Benigno S. Aquino III is slated to deliver the keynote address at the grand launch of Marco Polo Ortigas in Pasig on Wednesday (July 9).<\/p>\n<p>Establishments such as this not only reflect foreign investors\u2019 trust in the country but are also expected to bolster the tourism industry, Lacierda said.<\/p>\n<p>The 313-room five-star hotel in the Ortigas central business district will be managed by Marco Polo Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, president and chief executive officer of Xin Tian Ti Development Corporation, Samuel Po, partnered with Marco Polo Hotels and invested P3 billion to develop Marco Polo Ortigas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarco Polo Hotels has been known for its excellent services and first-class signature touches. We are incredibly excited to be affiliated with this reputable hotel brand in Asia-Pacific for the Marco Polo Ortigas, a P3-billion investment,\u201d Po said in a statement, noting that this investment was his group\u2019s answer to the Philippine government\u2019s call for fresh investments in tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Polo Ortigas is the third Philippine hotel in Marco Polo&#8217;s portfolio, the other two being in Davao and Cebu.<\/p>\n<p>Next to China, the Philippines now has the most number of Marco Polo Hotels in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Polo Hotels is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed company with core business interests in property and investments in communications and container-terminal operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The country\u2019s tourism industry has grown impressively in recent years, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a press &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,79],"tags":[2285,343,336],"class_list":["post-18432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-travel","tag-increase","tag-philippines","tag-tourism","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18432","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}