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Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez unveiled a new TV ad highlighting the Philippines' growing popularity as a honeymoon and wedding destination for foreign tourists.

It's true though, Christmas is more fun in the Philippines. Christmas songs every wear, all the parols, lights and holiday spirit. The food, parties, Noche Buena, fireworks in New Year. Nothing compares to it. Photo courtesy of Philippine Department of Tourism NY Office .

It's 7,107 times more fun in the Philippines. Watch the official Philippine Department of Tourism AVP to find out why.

Puerto Princesa Underground River, Longest underground cave river in the world. The Philippines is home to some of the world's most beautiful scenery. When taken care of properly, they provide jobs and income to the local people. This is just one example of how beautiful the Philippines is.

I've only been to Cebu once but it is really a nice place to go to. The food is great, the beach is beautiful. I recommend it to everyone.

A report from Unang Balita showcases Anguib Beach at Sta. Ana, Cagayan. It's considered the Boracay of the North. Clear waters, white sands but less people and not as popular...yet. The Philippines is truly blessed with beautiful nature. I hope the current and future generations take good care of it.

Saw this video about offbeat pursuits in Ilocos Norte. We have such a beautiful country don't we? #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines

Here are some more posters I found about the new campaign "It's more fun in the Philippines" #itsmorefuninthephilippines. It's More Fun In The Philippines has now become an Internet Meme . If you want to make your own It's More Fun Meme, you can do it on this More Fun Maker website . Photos from Jim Paredes Here's also a list of top 100 images of the It's More Fun In The Philippines campaign.

With the new campaign of the Department of Tourism called "It's more fun in the Philippines". Some people have created funny posters using the new slogan. Here's some I found on Facebook by TheFrank Aldana . #itsmorefuninthephilippines

The Philippine government launched Friday its new brand campaign to attract visitors to the country with the line - "It's more fun in the Philippines," according to Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. The tourism secretary said that the new campaign singles out what no other destination can offer, and "that is the Filipino people." For example, the Lonely Planet guidebook calls Filipinos "among the most easygoing and ebullient people anywhere," he said. "Our strategy is simple: while other countries invite you to observe, Filipinos can promise a more heartfelt and interesting experience. Wherever you go, whatever you do in the country, it's the Filipinos that will complete your vacation and will make your holiday unforgettable," Jimenez said. As the international campaign is underway, the DOT is also developing a national initiative under the line "#1forFun" to rally the nation, he said. Here's a website of the ban...

Advertisement produced by the Philippines Department of Tourism. Nothing beats the beaches in the Philippines. The warm weather and just the right temperature of the waters. Amazing sunsets and beautiful palm trees. And that's just in Subic. You should see the beaches in Cebu and the others south of Luzon. The Philippines is truly blessed with beautiful nature. I just hope the people will preserve and maintain it.

Here's the footage of the storming of the bus with hostages in Manila on August 23, 2010. There were 25 hostages and 7 people were killed, 5 were injured and taken to the hospital and 9 were released by the hostage taker Rolando Mendoza. Because of this incident, Hong Kong has issued a travel ban to the Philippines. One of my co-workers who's from Hong Kong said, "My people were killed! How can you live in a country were the peace keepers cannot keep the peace? The police were inept and doesn't even seem to know what they were doing. I wouldn't want to go there." If you look at the footage, you can see that the Philippine SWAT team really looks disorganized. Here's what some of my friends called the SWAT. SWAT = Sorry Wala Akong Training / Sorry We Aren't Trained / Sulong, Wait, Atras, Tago LOL. What a damn shame, goodbye tourism! Here's another video of the hostage crisis from AP. Here are some photos I found online of the situation. Photo copyri...

Behind all the stupid political brouhaha. This is what the Philippines is truly like.

The previous article I posted about why cruise ships skips Manila . Whether that is true or not, I do not know. But I'm not surprised if it is true. That has been the nature of most if not all Philippine government officials. From personal experience alone, I can tell you this happens all the time. Whenever I travel, every time I go through Philippine customs. They always try to see if they can milk you for something or ask for some "balato". Just last week, when I went to Manila for a vacation, after I got my luggage and I went through customs. Just before I exited the doors going out to where you wait for the car to pick you up. The last guy on the door said, "Gwapo nang pangalan mo ah. Meron ba tayong pasalubong diyan?" That's the kind of people we have running our port of entry. Now, I'm use to this so I just ignore it. But what about foreigners? My friend was telling me a story when he went to Japan for a vacation. He got into a conversation with th...

Got this from an e-mail. If you think about it, cruise ships docks in Vietnam , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , Korea and others, and they're no better than Manila or Cebu. This was written by a Pinoy couple who now live in the US. Would like to share with you what we found out as the reason why cruise ships of the big cruise companies skip Manila. My wife and I are regular cruisers and we always talk to the Filipino crew. When we took the 12-day Mediterranean cruise I asked the Pinoy waiters (because we are in a big group, we usually request for Pinoy waiters to be assigned to us) why all their Asian cruises skip Manila when they go to all the neighboring countries of the Philippines. Tanong ko bakit ba wala sa itinerary ninyo ang Manila . Ang sagot sa akin. Noong una ho may cruises kami na humihinto sa Manila but masyadong hong matakaw ang mga taga Customs sa atin kaya ang management ho namin nag decide na skip na ang Manila. When inspection time comes upon o...