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Title: The Philippines considers 'layover tours' for local, international tourists

Philippines, 18th Feb 2024, King NewsWire– Christina Frasco, the Secretary of Tourism for the Philippines, made the announcement on recently that the government of the Philippines intends to initiate a "layover tour" program for both domestic and international travelers who are passing through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (National Airport). According to Frasco, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently in discussions with various organizations, including airport authorities, in order to encourage the launch to take place as early as the second quarter of 2024.She stated in an interview that "for the very first time, mayroon tayong, in the works na ngayon, layover tours para sa ating mga layover or transit passengers" (we already have layover tours for our layover or transit passengers) as they are currently in the process of being developed. Imagine that you just have a few hours to spend in the Philippines, but you are able to learn about the country by taking one of our Philippine Hop-on Hop-off (HOHO) bus tours. It was said by the head of Philippine Tourism that government agencies are now in the process of negotiating the technical aspects of the program. This includes the procedure for tourists who will briefly depart the airport gates in order to embark on side trips to Manila. In a news article from the Philippine News Agency, Sec. Frasco said: "We are very hopeful that this will be one of the innovations that we will introduce in order to give the Philippines an added competitive edge to become Asia's tourism powerhouse." It is anticipated that the recently introduced HOHO (Hop-on Hop-off) Pasay-Paranaque, which is also referred to as the Entertainment Hub Route, will be introduced as part of the forthcoming touri...

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