Are we ready for local tourists?

IT is really wonderful and an educated leap forward that Filipinos with disposable income for vacations are discovering their own country and enjoying it as a vacation destination on a touristic level. Before this happened, they only went to their hometowns as a matter of obligation or as their default holiday or vacation destinations.

We are no longer a small nation with the kind of population that we carry. So, when the spirit for vacation or whatever moves them, Filipino tourists visiting local destinations come in huge numbers. The extended family is one large group, the office excursion another and then there is the neighborhood, the association of friends. Children, grandparents, maybe aunts and uncles and cousins are brought along. So much so, that restaurants have to provide tables for at least a dozen if not more.