16/10/2023
๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐
The Philippines has proudly clinched the title of Asia's Best Cruise Destination 2023 at the prestigious World Cruise Awards. This notable achievement marks the first time the Philippines has received this recognition, building the countryโs reputation as an emerging powerhouse in the global cruise and tourism sector.
The World Cruise Awards, an annual program that celebrates excellence in the cruise industry, is affiliated with the renowned World Travel Awards. The awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to the cruise industry and is a highly anticipated event for cruise professionals, media, and consumers worldwide.
Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco expressed her gratitude and appreciation for the award noting that โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข'๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 2023 ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด."
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ,โ the tourism chief added.
Other countries that vied for the award include India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
As of October 16, 2023, The Philippines is projected to have 128 ports of call or cruise calls in 2023 across 33 destinations across the country. These cruise ships are expected to bring in more than 101,000 passengers and some 50,000 in estimated crew.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง 7,641 ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด,โ enthused the tourism chief.
Among the arriving cruise ships include the Seaborne Encore, Silver Shadow, MSC Poesia, Queen Elizabeth, Norwegian Jewel, Coral Adventure, MS Seven Seas Explorer, MS Star Breeze, Silver Whisper, Oceania Cruises, Aidabella, and the Blue Dream Cruise which has made its maiden voyage to the Philippines this month.
โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ดโ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ด๐ช๐ขโ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ'๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ,โ added the Secretary.
