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Local woman-tourists brave speed and height as they zip through the 840-meter zipline at the Dahilayan Adventure Park in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. The zipline used to be Asia’s longest and among the tourist attractions in Mindanao. Images below represent the other tourist destinations in the Philippines: From mystical steamsurfacing lake to stall-filled fruits; from beautiful beaches to spectacular sunset; from coin-catchers to native-coth weaver -- all these contributed to the robust performance of Philippine tourism, as foreign visitor arrivals reached 1,649,458 million in the first four months of 2013. (MindaNews file photos)
Robust performance in foreign visitors
PH’s 1.6-M arrivals in 4 months yields 10.12% increase in tourism PHILIPPINE tourism sustains its robust performance as foreign visitor arrivals for the first four months of 2013 reached 1,649,458 million or a 10.12% increase from the same period in 2012. The first four months represent 30 percent of the target arrivals for 2013, with the month of January yielding the largest volume of 436,079 visitors and February generating the highest growth of 15.52%.
For the first four months of the year, Korea has contributed the largest arrivals with 406,595 visitors, keeping its undisputed pole position with the biggest market share of 24.65% to the total inbound traffic and a double-digit growth of 23.08%. The United States remains the second biggest source market with 246,011 visitors or a share of 14.91%. Japan is third with 148,950 or 9.03% of the overall visitor volume. China has kept
its position as the fourth biggest market with 132,307 or an 8.02% share. Australia is fifth with 72,015 arrivals, constituting 4.37% of the total visitor count. Its double-digit increase of 12.06% from last year catapulted it to the fifth spot, moving Taiwan to sixth. The latter delivered 68,654 visitors, reflecting a slight decline of 8.30%. Rounding up the top producers in terms of TOURISM/PAGE 11
KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA DONATES OVER 150 TONS OF DATES TO WFP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN ARMM. Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the Philippines Abdullah Al-Hassan (center) and senior representative of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance in Riyadh Saad Al Sunaidi (left) formally hand over 153 tons of dates to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Philippines Representative and Country Director Praveen Agrawal (right). The generous date donation from the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be distributed to students who are part of WFP’s school feeding programme in Central Mindanao, majority of whom are in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The fruit contains essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that will contribute to the children’s growth and development. In coordination with the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development, WFP will distribute the dates – which the students will take home – to about 65,000 vulnerable families in the conflict-affected provinces in ARMM. (Photo courtesy of WFP/Anthony Chase Lim/Philippines)
Singapore eyes PH’s fruit, veggie imports Dinah Dimatulac-Castrence PHILEXPORT News & Features
The Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture under Secretary Proceso Alcala, has a lot of opportunities for the fruits and vegetables in the Singapore market due to its rising demand. This was the message of Joyce Lim, Executive Manager of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore during a recent seminar at the International Food Exhibition IMPORTS/PAGE 11
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