RP PROVES TO BE A POPULAR VACATION DESTINATION FOR NORWEGIANS AT THE REISELIV 2008 TOURISM FAIR IN NORWAY

17 January 2008 – Philippine Ambassador to Oslo Victoria Bataclan, together with DOT Tourism Attaché Domingo Enerio (2^nd from right and 2^nd from left respectively), entertained tour operators and interested tourists at the Reiseliv 2008 Philippine Tourism booth last 10 January at Lillestrom, Norway. The Reiseliv is a four-day annual event and is the biggest tourism fair in the country where over 700 exhibitors representing various countries and agencies of the global tourism industry come to participate.

Above left: Minister and Consul General Evelyn Garcia (2^nd from right), together with Mr. Enerio, Oslo PE staff, and members of the Filipino Community in Norway, pose for a posterity shot, donning colorful Philippine-made hats during the third day of the Reiseliv 2008 Tourism Fair

During this four-day event, the Philippine booth entertained an estimated 1,000 interested and would-be tourists ranging from families, honeymooning couples, businessmen, sailors, editors of prestigious travel magazines in Norway such as Dykking (a dive magazine), and various other media personalities. Favorite destinations were Boracay, Palawan, Cebu and Bohol; although a number of visitors looking for great back-packing destinations also expressed interest in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions. A proposed travelogue on the Philippines is scheduled to start filming sometime in April or May 2008. Said travelogue will be featured in Norway’s favorite travel TV show “Hit og Dit.” RP’s participation at the Reiseliv is Oslo PE’s opening salvo to the 60^th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between the Philippines and Norway. The center piece of this year-round celebration will be the Bayanihan Dance Troupe performance at the prestigious Oslo Konserthus on 10 March 2008 coupled with an art exhibit by renowned Filipino artist, Manuel Baldemor. END

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