Chapter 8

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  • TDGVA - Tourism Direct Gross Value Added
  • 2019 - 12.7 tourism sector contribution
  • 2021 - 5.2% tourism sector contributed during the pandemic
  • 2022 - 6.2%
  • The Philippines is composed of 7,641 islands with 81 provinces divided in 17 regions.
  • The Philippines lagged behind fellow countries due to political, social problems and global pandemic.
  • The Philippines is also the largest bastion of Roman Catholicism in all of Asia.
  • The country is home to one of the New7Wonders of Nature - the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park.
  • New7Wonders Cities - the Heritage City of Vigan.
  • Calle Crisologo, Vigan - Cobblestone roads.
  • Pearl Farm Beach Resort - Pearl Farming
  • Tubbataha Reef - Sea of Sulu
  • Mayon Volcano, Legazpi Albay - Perfect cone shape
  • Intramuros and Fort Santiago, Manila - City inside the walls.
  • Taal Volcano and lake - unmeasured due to the reason that it is underwater.
  • Tinuy-an Falls - Bislig
  • Kayangan Lake, Coron Palawan - Kung low tide di ma abot ang hagdanan.
  • Luneta Park, Manila - formerly called as Bagumbayan
  • Banaue Rice Terraces, Ifugao - surfing is prohibited
  • Magellan's Cross - the cross is made of tindalo wood.
  • Cloud 9, siargao - substitute for Boracay.
  • Puerto Princesa Underground River - Stalactite and stalagmite
  • Chocolate Hills, Bohol - should be visited during dry season.
  • White Beach, Boracay - most famous beach in the Philippines
  • Immovable Tangible Heritage - fixed foundation
  • Movable Tangible Heritage - any natural or manufactured object of heritage significance.
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage - Practice, representation, expression, knowledge, skills and more.
  • Filipino Cuisine - composed of the cuisines of more than a hundred distinct ethnolinguistic groups found throughout the Philippine archipelago.
  • Luzon - political and economic center of the Philippines.
  • Metro Manila - National Capital Region
  • Manila was ranked 11th most attractive city for American shoppers.
  • Visayas - the central island group of the Philippines
  • Visayas is also the heart of the country's biodiversity.
  • Mindanao - known for its mountain ranges.
  • Mindanao is home to the country's highest mountain, Mount Apo.
  • Mindanao has 272 bird species, 111 endemic to the area.
  • Philippines was ranked 101 out of 176 countries in corruption.
  • 21.6% of filipinos earns below the poverty line
  • The Philippines is ranked as a tier 1 country in the fight against human trafficking.
  • structural problems are the roots of under development