{"id":20055,"date":"2014-07-25T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T01:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20055"},"modified":"2014-07-25T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T01:12:55","slug":"phl-optimistic-of-hitting-target-tourist-arrivals-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/25\/phl-optimistic-of-hitting-target-tourist-arrivals-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL optimistic of hitting target tourist arrivals for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_10671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10671\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/travel-tourism-economy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10671\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/travel-tourism-economy-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/travel-tourism-economy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/travel-tourism-economy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/travel-tourism-economy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">MANILA &#8212; The government is optimistic about achieving or even exceeding its target of 59.9 million tourist arrivals next year on the back of trademark Filipino hospitality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the country is increasing its budget for tourism development every year to support growth of the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Under the budget proposed for 2015 by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), allocation for tourism infrastructure development has been raised from P14.7 billion to P20 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The budget aims to support target 8.2 million foreign tourist arrivals and 51.7 million domestic tourist arrivals for next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u201cAt patuloy naman \u2018yung pag-asa na matatamo at mai-exceed \u2018yung mga target dahil ibang klase talaga ang kalidad ng Pilipino sa aspeto nang pagiging hospitable at \u2018yon ang nakikita ng ating mga bisita, hindi lamang \u2018yung kagandahan ng ating mga panoorin o mga destinasyon, kundi ang kagandahang loob ng mga Pilipino,\u201d Coloma said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The PCOO chief believes that the country is benefiting from various programs geared towards boosting tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u201cIt\u2019s more fun in 2014 and in all the years that we will still be reaping the benefits of our continuing efforts to attract more visitors to our country,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; 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