Tourism reels from crises, cooling economies

By The Manila Times

Jun 22, 2015 9:28 pm

Ben D. Kritz

LAST week, Metrobank Research poured cold water on the optimistic plans of the Department of Tourism (DOT) by declaring the country’s target of 8.2 million tourist arrivals this year ‘unattainable,’ and suggesting in subtle terms that the DOT’s slavish focus on the Asian market would aggravate the expected downturn.

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