Clemente said tourism is not only the accommodations and the activities that tourists enjoy in a par

Outgoing Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) President Aileen Clemente told reporters on Wednesday, November 14, that there are many tourism fallacies that are hindering the country from determining how it can maximize the Philippines' potential of becoming a tourism hub.
Clemente said tourism is not only the accommodations and the activities that tourists enjoy in a particular place. She said tourism starts from the time a passenger boards a plane to a destination to the time the passenger boards a plane to go home.
She added this is also the reason why the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 was deemed the worst airport in the world. Clemente said its not about the structure per se but the service.
She said what the Philippines can do is to increase cultural and heritage experiences to attract more tourists. Clemente said tourism, as one of the experts in a recent reviews of gresham hotel in london IATA event said, is the first worldwide web which tourists can tap and experience to know more about a particular place in the world.
For one, she said, tourism preferrences reviews of gresham hotel in london vary from one region to another and one country from another. Clemente said while adventure and eco-tourism works for European tourists, ASEAN tourists look for great shopping opportunities.
Japanese and Korean tourists look for beach getaways. For US tourists, particularly second generation Filipinos, the main selling point is tracing their roots so visiting friends and family is what they look for.
Clemente said that among US tourists, there is also a growing interest in the Philippines history, particularly its role and involvement in World War II. She said more and more schools are coming here for educational purposes.
The country's advantage is its people and their facility of the English language. Since Filipinos have a good grasp of English, the country becomes a far-less complicated and more friendly destination for tourists.
Clemente reviews of gresham hotel in london said that the Philippines must position itself not only as a tourist haven but a business hub as well. She said more tourists can come to the Philippines through businessmen or businesses themselves.
Clemente said these charters only include first-time tourists and they do not comprise reviews of gresham hotel in london the majority of tourists that visit the country. She said there are many independent travellers that come to the Philippines. She added that the charters from China are already slowly coming back.
It doesn't matter if these airports are premier or not, what matters is the number of airports, the quality of runways, and the size of the terminals to make flying reviews of gresham hotel in london in and out of the country safe and convenient.
She said that in the US, they have several gateways and none of their gateways are dubbed as a premier airport. They just have many airports which can handle arrivals on a day-to-day basis. -Rappler (November 17, 2012 3:07PM)
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