Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "tourism"
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Boracay rehabilitation to be completed by May DENR chief
(BusinessWorld,January 4, 2021 , on page S1/8)Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the rehabilitation of the popular tourist island Boracay will be completed by May. “The BIATF (Boracay Inter-agency Task Force) is capping 2020 on a high note, setting us off in ... -
Boracay stakeholders still in the dark as closure nears
(BusinessWorld,April 18, 2018 , on page S1/10)Stakeholders gathered in a Department of Tourism (DoT)–organized Save Boracay Workshop, nine days before the country’s premier tourist destination will be shut down by the national government on orders of President Rodrigo ... -
Boracay to reopen with only few businesses deemed compliant
(BusinessWorld,October 4, 2018 , on page S1/3)Only a small portion of businesses on Boracay Island are deemed compliant with environmental and accreditation requirements just weeks before the resort island returns to operation on Oct. 26 in a so-called “soft opening.” ... -
Catfish festival expected to give village in Davao City a marketing, tourism boost
(BusinessWorld,October 19, 2015 , on page S1/5)A village here known for its catfish farms is getting a marketing boost with the declaration of its 10-year-old annual Pantatan Festival as an official tourist event and the area as a Davao City "foodie" destination. The ... -
Cimatu lobbles for law creating Boracay Island Development Authority
(BusinessWorld,July 31, 2020 , on page S1/10)Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu called on lawmakers to pass the measure creating a permanent agency that will sustain developments under the Boracay rehabilitation program. “This is the opportune time to pass a law ... -
Colonizing the Spratlys, destroying our food and ecological balance
(BusinessWorld,January 4, 2017 , on page SI/6-SI/7)Although the world, because of international media emphasis seems to see only “freedom of navigation” as the crucial issue on the South China Sea disputes, buried underneath all the occasional political noise on the ... -
Cooperation key as revised rules and regulations on SCUBA diving readied
(BusinessWorld,February 16, 2015 , on page S2/7)The proper handling of SCUBA diving as an outdoor sport is what the agency mandated to regulate the activity is aiming for as it crafts an improved set of rules and regulations (IRR) for it even as stakeholders underscored ... -
Coron: a tale of tourism and sea monsters
(BusinessWorld,May 26, 2022 , on page S2/4)My first visit to Coron won’t be forgotten easily. Coron, the final leg in an interisland tour earlier this summer consisting of stops in Boracay and Cebu, organized by Philippine Airlines (PAL) and the Tourism Promotions ... -
'Dead zone' in Arabian Sea raises climate change fears
(BusinessWorld,July 18, 2018 , on page S2/8)In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast “dead zone” the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is laboring over a colorful computer model ... -
Diving in Moalboal
(BusinessWorld,August 23, 1996 , on page 42)Diving sites have to meet a number of practical requirements. On top of list is the weather. You can can only dive during nice weather. For this reason, tropical countries score very high. -
El Nido's fisherfold shares secrets of the sea to tourist
(BusinessWorld,June 4, 2019 , on page S2/8)Catching snapper and bream with local fishermen is now a popular guest activity in Northern Palawan’s El Nido Resorts. In the four island resorts of Miniloc, Lagen, Pangulasian and Apulit that carry the El Nido brand, ... -
Fishing for your food at New York's wild new seafood restaurant
(BusinessWorld,October 11, 2018 , on page S2/10)The Manhattan location, the family’s first outside Japan, required an entirely new piscine supply chain. Aside from the Maine lobsters, all the inventory is trucked in from farms: salmon from New York and striped bass from ... -
It's o-fish-al: Tokyo's Tsukiji market to move on Oct. 11
(BusinessWorld,December 21, 2017 , on page S1/8)Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market will move to a new site on October 11, the capital’s governor said Wednesday, ending years of delays marked by scandals and emotional divisions among fishmongers. Yuriko Koike’s decision ... -
Loboc River boats are now cruising again
(BusinessWorld,March 14, 2022 , on page S3/3)Bohol's popular Loboc River Cruise is again receiving guests after intensive post-Typhoon Odette rehabilitation. According to Lourdes Sultan, manager of Travel Village Tours, a Loboc River Cruise operator, the floating ... -
Locals, biologists face off over whale shark feeding
(BusinessWorld,March 14, 2013 , on page S1/11)Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Yet now they flock there by the hundreds - to swim with whale sharks, the world’s ... -
LRWC's Boracay resort on track for 2021 opening
(BusinessWorld,July 30, 2018 , on page S1/3)LEISURE & RESORTS World Corp. (LRWC) said it remains on track to open its $550-million integrated resort in Boracay by 2021, denying that the project has been delayed due to the island’s six-month closure since April. LRWC ... -
Mangroves, mini-forest planned at Iloilo coal plant
(BusinessWorld,March 19, 2010 , on page S3/8)An independent power producer here will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well. The move to create a ... -
N. Mindanao town to develop whale shark viewing tours
(BusinessWorld,January 6, 2016 , on page S1/3)The local government of Talisayan town in Misamis Oriental province is planning to organize whale shark sightseeing tours in an emerging dive spot off its coast. Talisayan Mayor Rommel C. Maslog said they are starting with ... -
New BarotacViejo irrigation facility to be developed for tourism, aquaculture
(BusinessWorld,April 23, 2019 , on page S1/10)The newly-opened million Barotac Viejo Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) will be further developed for aquaculture and farm-tourism. “Ten percent of the 50 square kilometers of the water reservoir will be allocated ... -
Not a GOCC
(BusinessWorld,July 31, 2020 , on page S1/10)Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group General Manager Natividad Y. Bernardino said the BIATF’s version of the bill makes the BIDA a regulatory body while the local government retains its taxing authority. ...