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Articles tagged “philippines”

Tourism

The Philippines Is Taking a Long and Confusing Path to Tourism Recovery

For a nation that relies on tourism as a significant engine of growth — the sector had contributed around 13 percent to the gross domestic product — it's time for national and local government officials to move in one direction and attack the Covid problem together.

The Philippines Is Taking a Long and Confusing Path to Tourism Recovery

Announcements

Why All-Inclusive Resorts Are Changing and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In our top travel stories this week, we took a Skift Deep Dive to find out why all-inclusive, luxury resorts will never be the same. We also explored post-pandemic recovery in the Philippines, Airbnb’s host dilemma, the much-anticipated electric aircraft, Hertz plans after bankruptcy, and more.

Why All-Inclusive Resorts Are Changing and 8 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

Coronavirus

Philippines Faces Staggering Road to Recovery as Southeast Asia’s Most Tourism-Dependent Destination

As the Southeast Asian country that depends the most on tourism, the Philippines will have to work doubly hard to shed its underachiever image in the post-pandemic world.

Philippines Faces Staggering Road to Recovery as Southeast Asia’s Most Tourism-Dependent Destination

Tourism

Philippine Tourism Industry Attracts More Family Money: Why It’s Wrong

For many, the idea that a few families can control a whole industry is unthinkable, unfair, actually galling. In Philippine tourism, it’s as entrenched as the sight of a jeepney — no one thinks anything of it at all. That has to change, although it won’t be anytime soon.

Philippine Tourism Industry Attracts More Family Money: Why It’s Wrong

Tourism

Inside the 5 Families Who Hold a Tight Grip on Philippines Tourism

A handful of families in the Philippines controls 70 percent of the country's tourism industry, owning key travel infrastructure such as airlines, hotels, resorts, shopping malls, and tourist attractions. Is that tight control a formula for future success?

Inside the 5 Families Who Hold a Tight Grip on Philippines Tourism

Tourism

Visa Policies Fail to Keep Up With India’s Growing Travel Market

Most countries are still prejudiced against the Indian passport. That's a shame. Indian travelers are a legitimate, growing source for the global tourism industry. Thailand understands that; Australia not yet. Maybe it'll take a cricket match to change that.

Tourism

Underperforming Philippines Extends Tax Breaks to Attract Tourism Investors

Despite its beautiful beaches, the Philippines is a tourism underperformer in Southeast Asia. It keeps luring investors with tax breaks. Critics say maybe it's better to prioritize peace and order instead. Both are required.

Underperforming Philippines Extends Tax Breaks to Attract Tourism Investors

Overtourism

Destinations Say Public-Private Partnerships Help With Overtourism

Destinations have realized that partnerships and collaboration between public and private forces are the best way to create sustainable tourism growth. Time will tell, though, whether this approach has a lasting impact on global tourism outcomes.

Destinations Say Public-Private Partnerships Help With Overtourism

Tourism

Asian Tourism Investment Looks Promising Through 2026, But Challenges Loom

As the world's fastest-growing region for tourism it's a good sign that some Asian countries can expect to see healthy travel and tourism investment during the next 10 years. But a number of factors could alter these projections, particularly the Chinese market, as more global tourism trends are tested in this region.

Tourism

Philippines seeks to protect tourist-friendly tarsiers from extinction

Animals that draw tourists enjoy protection from the states that profit off their existence, but their popularity also makes them the target of less regulated industries.

Philippines seeks to protect tourist-friendly tarsiers from extinction