MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism needs to strengthen its efforts to attract foreign visitors, prioritizing concerns such as airport accessibility. Sen. JV Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, put that as a challenge on Monday during a Senate hearing on the proposed 2027 DOT budget. “We are facing a lot of challenges because we are an archipelago. Compared to Vietnam and Thailand, most of our arrivals are by air,” Ejercito said. READ: DOT rolls out dashboard tracking Philippine tourism data According to Ejercito, the DOT should prioritize improving the country’s airports to make travel more convenient for […]...

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