Puerto Princesa MSMEs boost tourism resilience, backed by PLDT and Smart

Submitted by rmcamongol on Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:07
PLDT Enterprise in collaboration with the Puerto Princesa Tourism Council recently organized a forum attended by hotel and resort owners, travel operators, hospitality business workers, students, and other tourism stakeholders in the city.

Growing tourism industry warned as hackers target visitor information

Submitted by epeder on Tue, 05/14/2019 - 14:46

The local travel industry has grown more competitive in securing bookings with the continuous rise in the number of tourist arrivals in the country. Last year, the Department of Tourism posted a record-breaking 7.1 million international tourist arrivals, surpassing the 6.6 million arrivals in 2017 by 7.68 percent despite the six-month closure of Boracay. An influx of this magnitude and the amount of personal information it comes with call for industry players to strengthen cybersecurity measures even more.