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==Tawi-tawi Tourism== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/351357/basilan-agenda | |||
*February 14, 2012, 5:57pm | |||
:by Nonoy E. Lacson | |||
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi — Local and foreign tourist arrivals here are continuing in the province and local traders in this capital town are continuing their trade despite the recent kidnapping incident that have shaken the province early this month. Gov. Sadikul Sahali said the provincial tourism department has recorded continued arrivals of local ad foreign tourists in this capital town despite the kidnapping of a Dutch and a Swiss wildlife photographers off the coast of Panglima Sugala in this province. Sahali said the kidnapping of Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 47, Swiss national, and Dutchman Ewold Horn, 52, did not affect so much the tourism industry of the province. | |||
==Kidnapping no effect on tourism== | ==Kidnapping no effect on tourism== | ||
*Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/kidnapping-no-effect-on-tourism/#.TzjT906PXJc | *Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/kidnapping-no-effect-on-tourism/#.TzjT906PXJc | ||
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They said an average of 10,000 tourists arrived at daily at the NAIA, the country’s premiere port. | They said an average of 10,000 tourists arrived at daily at the NAIA, the country’s premiere port. | ||
Department of Tourism (DoT) officials also downplayed the effect of the advisories, citing the 3.9 million tourists who arrived in the country last year compared to the 3.7 million who came in 2010. | Department of Tourism (DoT) officials also downplayed the effect of the advisories, citing the 3.9 million tourists who arrived in the country last year compared to the 3.7 million who came in 2010. | ||
==5,000 comb Tawi-Tawi in search of kidnapped Europeans== | ==5,000 comb Tawi-Tawi in search of kidnapped Europeans== | ||