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Zamboanga City – This city, now known as Asia’s Latin City, steps into high gear on preparations for the 2007 Philippine Travel Mart to be held in SM Megamall from September 7-9, 2007.
Organized by the Philippine Tour Operators (PHILTOA), Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation (PCVC), the 3-day event will feature [...]

SURF Company Billabong announced that this year, it will secure sponsorship of the Billabong Cloud 9 invitational Philippine surfing at the island jewel of Siargao, Philippines in September.The three-year deal ensures that Billabong has naming rights sponsorship of the Philippine’s biggest surfing event until 2009.
Siargao’s ‘Cloud 9′, a powerful hollow right-hander, will provide an idyllic [...]

by Romy Sabaldan
Davao City — AS the dancers go back to the streets in the native Indak-Indak or the tip-toe and stamp-your-feet upbeat dances in the streets, the young and energetic boxes it up in the ring again while the reggae bands and the melodious M.O.R. regulars prepare their kind of music to spice up [...]

The Pasaka Festival 2007 which runs August 1 to 15, is seen as another opportunity to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Tanauan, Leyte, where Tinikling, the national dance of the Philippines, is said to have originated.Tanauan Mayor Roque Tiu said that it is during the nightly activities which started yesterday when the various sectors [...]

The Philippines Department of Tourism and the Department of Foreign Affairs will host the Third Ambassadors/Consuls General and Tourism Attaches Tour (ACGTAT) from July 14-22, 2007.  A promotional program that highlights the Philippines as a wholesome, safe and attractive holiday destination, it encourages North Americans, their families and friends to visit and experience its culture [...]

With a string of successful episodes, the Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) will once again be conducted in 2007. As with the previous handling of this event, the Department of Tourism (DOT) through its marketing arm, the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation (PCVC), will take the lead in organizing the affair.
Now fast becoming an annual occurrence, [...]

Tuguegarao City — The Pilgrimage on Bike, an annual Bike Ride for Mama Mary and Mother Earth starts on June 30 this year in time for the feast of the Nuestra Señora de Piat on July 2.
Regional Director Blessida Diwa of the Department of Tourism said the bike ride covers 70 kilometers of mountain road [...]