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English: LOOK: Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco met with her counterpart Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MOTS) Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn on the sidelines of the 11th APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM) yesterday 18 August.
The two ministers discussed ways to strengthen bilateral tourism initiatives between The Philippines and Thailand. Secretary Frasco requested and Minister Ratchakitprakarn accepted the invitation to renew the Implementing Program of Cooperation between the Philippines and Thailand on collaborations in the areas of travel facilitation, research and development, education and training, tourism initiatives, human development, employment, and exchange of best practices on anchoring country’s tourism on culture and heritage, among others. During the meeting, Secretary Frasco likewise explored the possibility of collaborating with Thailand in the areas of Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) Tourism, Education tourism particularly English as Second Language, and food and gastronomy tourism. “I accept with gratitude the minister’s sentiments saying that we would like more people from Thailand to visit the Philippines to equalize the number of people from the Philippines that visit Thailand. As of August 14, 2022, we have had a little over 1.2 million visitors to the Philippines. Of that number, there have been 6,401 Thai nationals. With your government’s help and our partnership, we look forward to increasing that number and we would welcome you with open arms in the Philippines”, Secretary Frasco tells Minister Ratchakitprakarn. In response to the Thailand Minister’s request for help in addressing Thailand’s shortage of workforce in the accommodation industry noting the quality of the Filipino workforce, Secretary Frasco invited Thailand to participate in the Tourism Job Fairs to be jointly administered by the Department of Tourism and the Department of Labor and Employment - DOLE in the Philippines. The Thailand Minister gladly accepted and confirmed their participation. This, according to Secretary Frasco, would bring in a wealth of employment opportunities for Filipinos wanting to work in Thailand. The tourism chief was joined by Deputy Speaker Duke Frasco, Ambassador Millicent Cruz Paredes of the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok, Ms. Beatriz Ines L. Herrera-Davila, Second Secretary and Consul; Verna C. Buensuceso, OIC-Undersecretary for Tourism Development; Ms. Maria Rica C. Bueno, Assistant Secretary for Tourism Regulation, Coordination and Resource Generation and Warner M. Andrada, OIC-Assistant Secretary for Tourism Development. |
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| Source | https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100064277456294&story_fbid=5472142962850527 |
| Author | Department of Tourism, the Philippines |
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