Tour operators from China other countries attend Manila meeting

[sharkey360]

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Despite the heavy drubbing that the Philippines got after the bloody Manila hostage-drama last week, representatives of nearly 100 travel agencies and tour operators from around the world still attended a major tourism convention in Manila on Friday to do business in the country.

Welcomed by the festive beats of drums and gongs, 96 foreign delegates—including two from Hong Kong and eight from mainland China—attended the Philippine Travel Exchange 2010 at the Manila Hotel, where they hammered out business deals with representatives of 112 Filipino resorts, hotels, and other local tourism companies.

The delegates came from Australia, Austria, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, the US, and Vietnam.

"I am truly grateful that despite the challenges that we faced the past week and a half, we were still able to attract 96 foreign delegates from around the world and 191 Filipino sellers representing 112 companies," Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim told the gathering.

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That's good news. One way to start moving on.

[sharkey360]

That's good news. One way to start moving on.

Let's hope the improvement continues. Dwelling in the negative over the tragedy does not help at all.

[Tirong-say]

Transparency I think is the magic word, nothing was hidden,
what transpired does not portray us Filipinos as the worst kind,
but perhaps a race with strong points and weaknesses,
and as what humans do, we can innovate as well.

[cebulifer]

lets just hope that PNoy and his advisers will not make costly mistakes again!!!