PH Ambassador to Switzerland Visits “It’s More Fun in PH” Booth
Left photo: Ambassador to Switzerland Denis Yap Lepatan (right) checks the tour packages to the Philippines being offered. Right photo: Ambassador Lepatan (left) and Tourism Attaché Valdes (right) discuss Philippine tourism with 360 Asia General Manager Ruth Landolt (middle). (Berne PE photo)
BERNE 12 February 2019 — Ambassador to Switzerland Denis Yap Lepatan visited the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” booth at the FESPO exhibition in Zürich on 02 February 2019.
During his visit, Ambassador Lepatan met with FESPO Manager Stephan Amstad and conferred with a number of journalists and tour operators about the Philippines and Philippine tourism and tour operators.
The Ambassador also congratulated DOT-Frankfurt Office and Tourism Attaché Margarita Patricia Valdes and her team for their hard work in setting up the exhibition.
DOT-Frankurt provided visitors of the booth with information on various tourism destinations and tour packages in the Philippines. They also met with various travel agents and operators during the fair.
FESPO is an annual holiday and travel fair in Switzerland, and is one of the biggest of its kind in the country. The four-day exhibition expected 63,000 visitors and has 600 exhibitors, a number of which offered packages to Philippine destinations, including dive site and biking tours. END
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Top photo: Ambassador to Switzerland Denis Yap Lepatan (left) with FESPO Exhibition Manager Stephan Amstad (middle) and other stake-holders in the tourism sector discuss Philippine tourism, among others. Below photo: Tourism Attaché Valdes meets with tour marketing / agency representatives. Right photo: Ambassador Lepatan (middle) with FESPO Manager Stephan Amstad and Attaché Valdes pose for a souvenir shot at the booth photo area. Right photo: Ambassador Lepatan (left) and Tourism Attaché Valdes (right) discuss Philippine tourism with 360 Asia General Manager Ruth Landolt (middle). (Berne PE photo)
Some of the tour packages and promotional activities on the Philippines during the FESPO exhibition. (Berne PE photo)