{"id":237915,"date":"2019-11-19T22:54:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237915"},"modified":"2025-01-19T22:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T03:37:31","slug":"sokor-envoy-vows-to-bring-in-more-tourists-to-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/19\/sokor-envoy-vows-to-bring-in-more-tourists-to-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"SoKor envoy vows to bring in more tourists to PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gives a warm welcome to the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Han Dong-Man who paid a courtesy call on the President at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on November 18, 2019. ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— South Koreans are currently the top tourism market for the Philippines, but its envoy on Tuesday promised to bring in even more.<\/p>\n

South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Han Dong-man bared that he made this promise when he paid a courtesy call to President Rodrigo Duterte in Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, around 1.6 million Korean tourists visited this wonderful country, so I made a promise to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to bring up two million Korean tourists during my term,\u201d Han said in a Virtual Presser organized by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Office of Global Media Affairs on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In turn, Han asked the President to ensure that South Korean tourists remain safe while traveling around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I met him, I promised to bring two million Korean tourists, and I also asked him to secure the safety and security of our Korean nationals,\u201d Han said.<\/p>\n

Han emphasized he was \u201cvery happy\u201d to witness \u201cthe dropping crime rate\u201d under Duterte\u2019s strong leadership.<\/p>\n

The envoy also estimated that more than 500,000 Filipinos will be visiting Korea this year, compared to last year\u2019s 450,000 visitors.<\/p>\n

buy accutane online https:\/\/naseaonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/accutane.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

He said he had simplified the visa process by issuing five to 10-year multiple visas so that it would facilitate people-to-people exchange.<\/p>\n

buy furosemide online https:\/\/naseaonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/furosemide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Korea Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Han said the growing popularity of Korean pop, drama, food, and other products in the Philippines may soon give rise to a Korea Town in Malate, Manila.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Manila, in particular in the Malate area there are many Korean restaurants and many Korean tourists visit there. So, with Manila city, we are envisioning to make Malate area as a Korea town,\u201d Han said.<\/p>\n

buy synthroid online https:\/\/naseaonline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/synthroid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Han said the Korean Town would be a project of the Korea Retailers Association and the Manila City government.<\/p>\n

No time has been finalized yet, but Han said that he has already spoken to Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno who gave his support.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo timeline, so when I met the mayor of Manila city, I asked also him to render his full support to make Malate area a Korea town,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Han also described as \u201cwonderful\u201d his relationship with Philippine universities such as the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila, which provide Korea language programs to help improve Philippine-Korea ties.<\/p>\n

Duterte and Han\u2019s meeting came before the President\u2019s scheduled visit to South Korea to participate in the commemorative summit between Southeast Asian leaders and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Busan from November 25 to 27.<\/p>\n

This year, the Philippines and Korea celebrate their 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— South Koreans are currently the top tourism market for the Philippines, but its envoy on Tuesday promised to bring …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":237916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237915","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=237915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286021,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237915\/revisions\/286021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}