The Philippine Division of Overseas Affairs (DFA) introduced that the Philippines received the Easiest Diving Vacation spot award on the 2024 Diving Hotel Shuttle (DRT) Display held previous this month in Beijing.
Excluding this, the rustic additionally received the Easiest Tourism Promotion Partnership award on the identical match.
In an professional remark to the media, Philippine ambassador to China Jaime FlorCruz mentioned that the citations are evidence that the present management’s efforts to provide the rustic as a premier international diving vacation spot are operating.
FlorCruz likewise cited the large income doable in strengthening this actual area of interest within the Philippine tourism sector. Previously 12 months, diving contributed round PHP 73 billion to the tourism business’s revenues, two times what it contributed in 2022.
No longer resting on its laurels
At the moment, the Philippines is fascinated by growing a lot of specialised tourism segments, with dive tourism on the best of its checklist of priorities.
Previous this 12 months, the Division of Tourism (DOT) introduced plans to ascertain further 5 hyperbaric chambers in key dive locations within the nation together with Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro, Boracay, Cebu, Negros Oriental, in addition to Camiguin.
The 5 hyperbaric chambers increase the capability of the 15 chambers lately in use around the nation.
So far, the Philippine Fee on Sports activities Scuba Diving has evolved and audited no less than 120 dive locations for each native and overseas diving fanatics.
