Philippines hailed Asia’s best cruise port of call

The Philippines obtained the celebrated Best Port of Call award at this yr’s Asia Cruise Awards in recognition of its efforts to spice up tourism by the cruise sector.

The Asia Cruise Leaders’ Network (ACLN) selected the nation in recognition of its efforts to spice up the cruise facet of its tourism sector by numerous initiatives associated to giving international travellers and native cruise aficionados a secure, snug, and thrilling cease on their journeys.

The awards had been half of this yr’s Asia Cruise Forum held in Jeju, South Korea.

For her half, Christina Frasco, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT), sees the award as recognition for the nation’s cruise tourism stakeholders for reviving the business following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frasco mentioned: “[We have] identified cruise tourism as one of the strategic products capable of attracting large regional markets. With 7,641 islands, there is immense potential in further expanding the cruise tourism portfolio in the Philippines, and that is why the effort is to collaborate with our partners from the national and local government units, private sector stakeholders, and destinations to expand our cruise tourism offerings.”

The secretary added that the DOT may even work with their counterpart nationwide authorities companies to amend a quantity of present insurance policies with the last word purpose of making it simpler and extra handy for worldwide cruises to call on the nation.