Gov’t aims to bring in more Japanese tourists
THE Philippine government will lobby for the “lifting or limiting” of Japan’s travel advisories against the Philippines’ key travel destinations to revive the pandemic-hit tourism industry.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. made the announcement on Thursday during the high-level roundtable meeting with Japanese tourism stakeholders and top Philippine government officials including Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco in Tokyo, Japan.
“The Philippines and Japan have so much in the pipeline on what we can share and learn with each other. But first and foremost, we note that in order for us to further deepen our nation’s mutual friendship and interest, we must first be open to each other’s people. With this, we are working on lobbying the Japanese government for the lifting or limiting of its travel advisory against the Philippines’ key travel destinations,” said Marcos Jr.
Likewise, the President identified boosting the country’s educational tourism as an area where the friendship between Japan and the Philippines can be further improved.
“Filipinos are known to be the citizens of the world. Filipinos have a fluency in English that is recognized to be one of our main leverages, one of our main selling points in terms of educational tourism. It makes it easy for us to work and communicate in other countries. And where else can you better learn English than in the Philippines, ” the President noted.
As of January 30, 2022, Japan ranked 6th among the Philippine foreign visitors.
