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Kelly Osbourne turns Japanese
Would you trust fun, fearless and and freaky Kelly Osbourne to be your tour guide?
US tourism still on the decline
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) — Jose Cagliardo of Santiago, Chile, visited Manhattan on business recently, but he would have avoided the trip — and the hassles of tight US security measures — altogether if he could.
2,000-year-old Banaue Rice Terraces is vanishing
After putting his seedlings to bed in the world-famous Banaue Rice Terraces in the northern Philippines, farmer Gabriel Balicdon works as a tourist guide and buys rice from the grocer.
Shroud of Turin exhibit until Dec. 9 at SM Mall of Asia
Revered for hundreds of years as the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, the Shroud of Turin is locked away in a cathedral in Italy, publicly displayed only three or four times a century.
Back in Business
Bedecked in lavish Christmas decorations but minus the usual hustle and bustle from the steady stream of guests, the five-star Peninsula Manila in Makati City reopened its doors to the public Monday, four days after its takeover by rebel soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.
China nervous over aviation overdevelopment
BEIJING (Reuters) — China warned that its aviation industry is growing unsustainably fast, with insufficient qualified personnel, airports or airspace, and the sector faces "huge pressures" to ensure safety.
Transpo News
Turtle Town
Last weekend, while everyone was fretting over a political standoff in Manila, denizens of Morong, Bataan could not be fazed as they prepped for their very own Pawikan Festival.
‘Catcher in the Rye’ as cool guidebook
NEW YORK (AP) – Where do the ducks go in the winter?
Bringing ‘em home!
Thirtysomething Bernie Encarnacion left the Philippines for the United States as a 16-year-old immigrant. For decades, she stayed away from her birth country, and only came home in 1993 to visit relatives.
DoT banks on Internet to snag balikbayan, tourists
For the Department of Tourism (DoT), the World Wide Web is the new battleground for the hearts, minds and purse strings of potential balikbayans and tourists from the North American region.
National Geographic: Palawan is ‘doing well’
Palawan is "doing well", according to a study published in National Geographic Traveler magazine’s November-December 2007 issue.
Industry News
Mariveles in Bataan can become even more beautiful than Boracay island if its clean, sandy and sprawling coastal areas would be given special attention by the national government for its conversion into a world-class resort, said Mayor Jesse I. Concepcion.
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