PH ConGen LA Launched 12th Ambassadors’ Tour in San Diego
(Seated, from left to right) Tourism Director Richmond Jimenez; Consul Ambrosio Brian Enciso III; National City Mayor Ron Morrison; Honorary Consul Audie De Castro; National City Councilmember Jerry Cano; Vice Consul Dyan Kristine B. Miranda-Pastrana; and Mr. Tony Olaes, Founder of The Filipino School with guests on the 12th Ambassadors’ Tour Launch in San Diego, 10 March 2017 at The Filipino School, San Diego, CA (Photo taken by Wilma Bautista)
13 March 2018 LOS ANGELES — The Philippine Consulate General and the Philippine Department of Tourism in Los Angeles in partnership with Globe Telecom, Inc. and The Filipino School in San Diego launched the 12th Annual Ambassadors’ Tour in San Diego, California. This follows the Tour’s earlier launches in Los Angeles and Houston, Texas.
The Tour is scheduled to take place on 09-15 July 2018, featuring top destinations in Manila, Cebu and Bohol.
About 60 guests, which included National City Mayor Ron Morrison and Councilmember Jerry Cano, friends from the media and members of the Filipino-American Community, attended the launch.
In his welcome remarks, Honorary Consul Audie De Castro informed the audience that this year’s Tour is close to his heart since the Consulate General in Los Angeles takes the helm of organizing the annual event.
In his remarks, Consul Ambrosio Brian Enciso III encouraged the audience to join the Ambassadors’ Tour and spread the good news about the Philippines.
Tourism Director Richmond Jimenez presented the overview of the Ambassadors’ Tour’s basic packages while Vice Consul Dyan Kristine Miranda Pastrana introduced the features of the website.
To sign up for the Ambassadors’ Tour, the public may visit the following site:
http://ambassadorstour2018.com. The Filipino-American Community is also encouraged to use #ambatour2018 for all social media posts and follow @ambatour2018 in Twitter.
The Ambassadors’ Tour, a joint flagship project of all Philippine Foreign Service Posts in the United States (Agana, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.), is being organized in cooperation with the Department of Tourism, Philippine Airlines, and Rajah Tours Philippines. END
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