Travel Philippines: The Newest Online Philippine Travel Guide launched
Planning to travel to the Philippines after the pandemic? The Travel Philippines web application might just help you with what you need – travel advisories, recommended destinations, safety guidelines, etc.
The Philippine tourism industry, headed by the Department of Tourism, in partnership with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) and tech venture builder HIMO Global Inc., launched the travel app on October 30, 2020.
-User friendly features-
The online app ‘Travel Philippines’ is the country’s official and newest travel companion. Generally, the application guarantees every one of user-friendly features to provide tourists a worthwhile travel experience. By using this application, tourists can now book, plan, and explore the country’s prime destinations. It can also check the tourist destinations that are now open to tourists with “just a click away.”
Moreover, the app gives users the chance to store digital copies of travel documents securely. Among these are boarding passes, hotel reservations, and medical certificates. Besides, the application is accessible to any device regardless of the user’s use of online and offline browsers.
Interestingly, Travel Philippines also has a built-in itinerary maker that integrates with an extensive catalog of tourist attractions. You can also book a reservation in local restaurants and accommodation establishments. Moreover, users can bookmark the locations they read about within the platform and plan out trips based on their preferences.
“As we reopen the country’s tourism, Travel Philippines timely serves as every tourist’s official guide to safe and fun travel. With the ever-changing needs and challenges in travel brought about by the pandemic, Travel Philippines will help both domestic and international tourists have safer and more memorable travel experiences amid our ‘new normal’,” according to DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.
At its launch, the travel app featured six newly reopened destinations after easing COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. To name, these places are Palawan, Boracay, Bohol, Baguio, Ilocos Norte, and Metro Manila.
In DOT’s promotional video, it cited that the online app will be absolutely beneficial to tourists. In addition, it also guarantees tourists in “discovering whole new places featuring the best things to do, dishes to eat, and places to stay for a safe, and comfortable holiday.”
Visit the ‘Travel Philippines’ app and follow the instructions below:
1. Log in to the online app. Click THIS.
2. Then fill in the necessary details to create you Travel Philippines profile
3. Simply tap to save activities, tips, and articles to help you find your trip
4. Securely upload important travel document for easy contact-free access
The Department of Tourism is positive that the application will pave the way to a safer and memorable travel experience. Additionally, they hope that with this, more tourists will visit the Philippines after the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years, the Philippines has been Asia’s tourists’ prime travel destination and English language learning (ELL). The number of learners studying English in the Philippines is increasing, with Cebu becoming the ESL capital of the Philippines.
