DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
P H O TO  R E L E A S E
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines                                                         Tel. No. 834-4000                                                                                   www.dfa.gov.ph

SFA-AGR-Oct-05                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               05 Ocotber 2005

AMBASSADOR ESPIRITU LAUNCHES WOW PHILIPPINES LONDON BLACK CAB TOURISM PROMO

05 October 2005 -- Ambassador and Mrs. Edgardo B. Espiritu pose with pride beside the  WOW Philippines London black cab ,which the Ambassador described the new promotional campaign of Philippine tourism as “inspired, attention-getting, and eye-catching”. The Philippine scenes depicted on the black cabs’ livery are: a dive site, water sports, an island sunset, painted sails and white sands of Boracay, Bacolod’s Masskara festival, a world-class golf course, the chocolate hills of Bohol, a Mindanao woman in colorful costume, and the Banaue Rice Terraces.  A 50-strong fleet of London black cabs is now cruising around London with some of the Philippines’ tourist attractions wrapped around their gleaming bodies.
 
 
 
 
 

/jay