{"id":232683,"date":"2024-02-27T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=232683"},"modified":"2024-02-27T06:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:03:28","slug":"dive-tourism-makes-a-big-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2024\/02\/dive-tourism-makes-a-big-splash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dive tourism makes a big splash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MANILA, 27 February 2024: Dive tourism has surfaced at the top of the priority agenda for the Philippines Department of Tourism (DOT) as part of its commitment to gear up sustainable tourism development initiatives across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, dive tourism contributed more than PHP73 billion to the country\u2019s economy, or almost twice the PHP37 billion revenue generated from the industry in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-17-600x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232684 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-17-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-17-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-17-641x420.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-17.jpg 658w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/393;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco emphasised the importance of dive tourism during last week\u2019s Philippine International Dive Expo (PHIDEX) opening ceremony at the World Trade Center Metro Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As one of the mega biodiverse countries worldwide, we are home to more than 500 species of corals and 2,000 species of fish. 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