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| Bic0l Region Booth |
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| Davao Booth |
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| Capiz Province Booth |
The
much-awaited Philippine Travel Mart, one of the biggest travel expos in the
country, is now back for its 28th edition. Held at the SMX Convention Center Manila, this three-day (September 1 to
3, 2017) event showcased the best travel packages, promotional deals, travel
products and other tourism-related services. They again offered exhibitors the
best platform for bigger opportunities to showcase their destinations and
tourism offerings to local and foreign visitors.
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| Ilocos Norte Booth |
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| Cebu Pacific Airlines Booth |
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| 2Go Travel Booth |
For
its main feature, there was a “Sale ng Bayan,” which allowed consumers to book
and buy dream holiday and travel packages, both for domestic and international
trips; one time promotional deals on international and domestic airfares;
accommodation and other tourism related services; all exclusively offered only on
this 3-day event. This event showcased products like airways, tourism packages,
travel care services, resorts and transportation facilities associated with the
travel and tourism industry.
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| SkyJet Booth |
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| Samar Province Booth |
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| Capiz Province Booth |
Joining
the sale were airlines and shipping and cruise companies such as Cebu Pacific Airlines,
Air Asia, Skyjet Airlines, Camarih Transport, 2Go Group of Companies (2Go
Travel) and Sun Cruises, Inc..
Among
the many participating hotels and resorts were the Batangas Country Club, Bluewater
Resorts, Bellevue Hotels and Resorts, Crown Regency Hotels and Resorts, Dakak
Park Beach and Resort, Bayview Park and Hotel, Hennan Group of Resorts, Coron
Soleil Garden Resorts, El Nido Y Mar, Movenpick Cebu and Boracay, Novotel,
Robinsons Hotel and Resorts, Paradise Boracay Garden Resort and Convention
Center, Sophia Garden Resort, Tagaytay View Park Hotel and many more hotels and resorts in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
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| Sophia's Garden Resort Booth |
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| Caraga Region Booth |
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| Socsargen Region Booth |
Tour
and travel agencies such as Air You Go Travel Phils., Inc., Acenzie Travel
& Tours Services, Batanes Travel and Tours, Bonjour Travel and Tours,
Manila Ocean Park/Hotel H2O, Calamian Island Travel & Tours, Donsol Eco
Tour Inc., Ellens Travel and Tours, PALS Wonderland Travel and Tours, Rajah Travel
Corporation, Fuego Hotel and Properties and several other travel agencies also offered
discounts on their products.
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| Bluewater Resorts Booth |
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| ARMM Booth |
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| ARMM Booth |
Theme parks such as Enchanted Kingdom Inc. and Zoobic Zafari Corp. were also included in the exhibitors. Also participating were Beachbosses Inc., Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc., Costales Nature Farm, Philippine Tarsier Recreation Inc., and companies in food retailing, medical and healthcare and other firms with travel related products.
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| Cultural Presentation |
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| Cagayan de Oro City Booth |
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| Socsargen Region Booth |
More than 30 local government units (LGUs) and tourism offices
also joined the travel sale to show case their city, town, province and the
region’s tourism attractions. They included the provinces of Aklan, Batangas, Benguet, Bohol, Camiguin, Capiz, Guimaras, Ilocos
Norte, Laguna, Negros Occidental, Negros
Oriental, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan and Quezon; the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Caraga Region; Subic
Bay Metropolitan Authority; the towns and cities of Cagayan De
Oro, Coron, Ibajay, Kalibo, Malay, Puerto
Galera, San Pablo City, Tacloban City and Zamboanga
City and the DOT Regional Offices of the Bicol Region, Cagayan
Region, Calabarzon, Eastern Visayas, Northern
Mindanao and Southern Mindanao.
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| The author (let) with Events Organizer Mr. Pete Dacuycuy and SkyJet's Ms. Louise Santianen |
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| Travel agency booths |
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| Ethnic dancers |
As this year’s
travel sale theme was “Visit Asean @ 50,″ it also highlighted
ASEAN’s golden anniversary celebration with promo deals and travel discounts to
ASEAN member countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam as well as to Japan, Korea, China and
other international destinations. Aside from the travel-related sale,
there were also cultural events such as a Cultural Dance Competition, Harana ng
Kundiman, Eco Chorale, Patimpalak ng Kasuotang Pilipino and the Philippine
Tourism Quiz Bee Finals.
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| Quezon Province Booth |
According to one of the exhibitors, the number of people who went here decreased compared last year. The event organizers didn't anticipated the long holiday.
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