21 March 2013 - The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), an agency attached to the Department of Tourism (DOT) and headed by Chief Operating Officer Domingo Ramon Enerio III, together with the DOT’s Hong Kong–based Marketing Director David Leung, organized different promotion activities centered on the slogan It’s More Fun in the Philippines at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club from March 14 to 15.
More than 140 travel agency operators and agents were on hand during a lunch presentation on March 14 to familiarize them with different Philippine destinations that they can suggest to their clients.
The revelry continued until the evening, when members of the Filipino community were invited to help spread the country’s tourism message amid dinner and live music.
On March 15, the TPB co-organized at the same venue the charity dinner for the benefit of the Home of Loving Faithfulness in San Fernando City, La Union. More than HK$350,000 was raised for the Home, which will benefit 32 youth aged 5 to 22 years old, 17 of whom are currently in college.
Furthermore, 24 yachts have so far signed up to join the Hong Kong–San Fernando Yacht Race, which is scheduled to begin on March 27. Two of these yachts have agreed to print the It’s More Fun in the Philippines slogan in its sails.
The three-day race is now on its 19th edition. END
