{"id":220256,"date":"2023-04-20T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=220256"},"modified":"2023-04-19T20:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:54:50","slug":"korean-incentives-flock-to-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/04\/korean-incentives-flock-to-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean incentives flock to the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, 20 April 2023: The Philippines Department of Tourism welcomed a record 1400 delegates on an incentive holiday series from Korea last week, claiming Koreans are once more the top travellers visiting the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco welcomed the first batch of 300 visitors travelling on an incentive series at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"401\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220257 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-12.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-12-300x203.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 594px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 594\/401;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: DOT. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco welcomes the incentive series from Korea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The incentive travel series was organised by UNICITY, a direct sales company distributing health foods, cosmetics and household items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rewarding top agents, sellers, and distributors with an all-expenses paid holiday overseas, UNICITY-Korea is well known for delivering big volume incentive groups to Southeast Asian countries annually. This year&#8217;s incentive holiday series focuses on the Philippines, with 1,400 sales reps and agents visiting Cebu during April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOT Secretary Frasco noted during the welcome reception that travellers from Korea are again the top travellers to the Philippines. Tourism data showed a significant pick up in Korean arrivals last year, with 428,014 or a 16.13% share of the country\u2019s arrivals received from 10 February 2022 <em>(when the country eased its borders for leisure travellers)<\/em> to 31 December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe good news is that as of today, we have over 1.5 million tourist arrivals to the Philippines, and our number one source is Korea. 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