Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo believes that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to the Philippines later this year will translate to more tourist arrivals from South Korea to the country. ManilaBulletin READ:
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo believes that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to the Philippines later this year will translate to more tourist arrivals from South Korea to the country.
The Philippines is banking on South Korea to give local tourism a shot in the arm amid all the brouhaha caused by the Department of Tourism's controversial "Love the Philippines" campaign. “South Korea has been the Philippines’ No. 1 supplier of foreign visitors for years, and we are counting on Mr. Yoon’s visit to encourage even more Koreans to spend their vacations here,” said Rillo, who is a vice chairman of the House Committee on Tourism.
The rookie solon made the statement even as the DOT is embroiled in a controversy over the use of foreign stock footage in the Love the Philippines promotional video. This was viewed by many as a big no-no, since the entire point of the campaign was to promote local tourism.The South Korean leader’s plan to visit the Philippines was conveyed by Lee Sang-Hwa, Seoul’s new ambassador to Manila, when he presented his credentials to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
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