The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) introduced that the Philippines received the Best Diving Destination award at the 2024 Diving Resort Travel (DRT) Show held earlier this month in Beijing.
Aside from this, the nation additionally received the Best Tourism Promotion Partnership award at the identical occasion.
In an official assertion to the media, Philippine ambassador to China Jaime FlorCruz stated that the citations are proof that the present administration’s efforts to current the nation as a premier international diving destination are working.
FlorCruz likewise cited the large income potential in strengthening this specific area of interest within the Philippine tourism sector. In the previous 12 months, diving contributed round PHP 73 billion to the tourism trade’s revenues, twice what it contributed in 2022.
Not resting on its laurels
At current, the Philippines is concentrated on creating numerous specialised tourism segments, with dive tourism at the highest of its record of priorities.
Earlier this 12 months, the Department of Tourism (DOT) introduced plans to determine extra 5 hyperbaric chambers in key dive locations within the nation together with Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro, Boracay, Cebu, Negros Oriental, in addition to Camiguin.
The 5 hyperbaric chambers increase the capability of the 15 chambers at the moment in use throughout the nation.
To date, the Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving has developed and audited at least 120 dive locations for each native and international diving lovers.
