The Department of Tourism (DOT) ordered an investigation on Saturday into allegations that the ''Love the Philippines'' campaign video aimed at attracting international visitors to the country contained stock footage.
Blogger Sass Sasotin a Facebook post that the tourism video used several stock video clips from Storyblocks, a subscription-based stock footage website, that were not shot in the Philippines.
''As one of the many other forthcoming components of the launch of the enhanced tourism campaign, the DOT’s contracted agency, DDB Philippines, prepared and published an audiovisual presentation [that] has recently been the subject of scrutiny on the alleged use of non-original shots in certain parts of the AVP,'' the department said in a statement.
Prior to the launch of the new tourism slogan on June 27, the DOT said it had ''repeatedly sought confirmation from DDB on the originality and ownership of all materials contained in the AVPs and key visuals'' presented to the agency.
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