Frasco gets rockstar welcome from PH community in Berlin
THE Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco received a rockstar welcome from members of the Filipino Community, and tourism stakeholders present during the launch of the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) Program in Berlin, Germany on Thursday (Mar. 9).
“𝑀𝑔𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑦𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒,” said Secretary Frasco, as she delivered her address at the hall of the Briston Hotel Berlin, jam-packed with members of the Filipino Community in Berlin, Germany, Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) Berlin 2023 Philippine delegation and co-exhibitors, Filipino influencers, foreign trade partners, foreign media friends, and members of the Philippine Embassy.
“𝐴𝑡 𝑑𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑖 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑖 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑖𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝐵𝑀𝐺 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠,” the tourism chief told the cheering crowd.
Implemented by the DOT, together with its tourism promotions arm, the Tourism Promotions Board Philippines (TPB), in partnership with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the BBMG is an innovative online referral program aimed at boosting the Philippine economy through increasing tourist arrivals, while at the same time giving incentives, privileges, and prizes to Filipinos who will serve as “invitee or sponsors” for their foreign friends and guests.
“𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑜 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑜 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑝𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑘𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑛𝑎 𝑖-𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝐹𝑊𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠!” explained Secretary Frasco.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜… 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠!” exclaimed the tourism chief as she ended her remarks.
The Bisita, Be My Guest or B-B-M-G Program has three components: (1) the BBMG Raffle (2) the BBMG Travel Passport, and (3) the BBMG Privilege Card.
It will have three major draws which will happen on May 11, 2023, December 15, 2023, and May 10, 2024.
