MENU

 

Otatwa travel show10 April 2014- The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) led a contingent of Philippine exhibitors at the 20th Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show (OTVS) from April 5 to 6 in a bid to intensify its marketing campaign atop a consumer fair platform.

Joining the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) at the Philippine booth were Department of Tourism (DOT)-National Capital Region, DOT-Cagayan Valley Region, Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), the Municipality of Nasugbu, Philippine Airlines, Rajah Tours Philippines, and Mart Evers Travel as well as the Philippine Embassy.

Hundreds of potential Canadian travellers to the Philippines visited the large Philippine booth for an introduction to Philippine destinations and tour packages including the soon-to-be launched Winter Escapade 2 to Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Manila from January 30 to February 6, 2015.

The exhibitors were gratified by the massive turnout at the OTVS which put together this year over 200 travel and vacation exhibits representing over 50 countries for some 16,000 Canadian visitors planning vacations overseas.  

Mayor Charito Apacible of Nasugbu and CEZA Administrator Jose Mari Ponce seized the occasion to confer with Philippine Ambassador to Canada Leslie Gatan and Minister Eric Tamayo on economic opportunities in their respective regions.

“Tourism promotion is a major pillar of the Embassy’s economic diplomacy program.  The OTVS validates Canada’s huge outbound tourism market as participating Philippine tour operators have realized. I am pleased by TPB’s initiative to assemble Philippine sellers for this show,” Ambassador Gatan stated.

TPB’s participation in the OTVS comes on the heels of a tourism roadshow and business mission in Vancouver, Toronto, and Winnipeg from April 1 to 4, 2014.  END