|
Department of Tourism makes Cebu as Wedding Capital for Japanese
14 October 2008
Department of Tourism (DOT)
Secretary Ace Durano plans to place Cebu at the frontlines
of top wedding destinations here in the country, especially
for Japanese couples.
Known as the Queen City
of the South, Cebu is home to some of the best white sand
beach resorts and hotels such as Shangri-La Mactan Island
resort, which has built its own wedding chapel called Ocean
Pavilion and Plantation Bay Resort and Spa which offers a
wedding package set underwater.
The province also has an
array of historically draped churches like the Basilica Minor
de Santo Niño which was built by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
and Fr. Andres Urdaneta, who took part in the Spanish expedition
back in 1565. The San Jose Parish Church, known as the Chapel
of the Last Supper, is the home of the only life-sized carving
of the Last Supper scene of Jesus Christ and his 12 Apostles
here in the Philippines.
Did You Know?
Philippine Airlines flights
for Osaka-Cebu are scheduled twice a week, every
Thursday and Sunday departing from Kansai International
Airport to arrive at Mactan International Airport.
Return flights are also scheduled on the same day.
Cebu Pacific meanwhile offers the trip thrice a
week, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
|
To
make this more feasible, DOT has been working close
hand with the Japanese Association of Travel Agents
even meeting with Recruit Co. Ltd., publisher of Japanese
bridal magazine called Zexy to promote Cebu along with
other provinces as leisure and wedding destination.
Based on the department’s
data, over 400,000 Japanese couples plan to hold their nuptial
outside their country. The common wedding getaways are Hawaii
and Guam. |
On the other hand, for the first quarter of 2008
alone, 216,000 Japanese tourists have visited the country.
With such statistics plus the colorful ceremonies of Filipino
weddings, Durano believes that the country can compete with
these countries and offer the Philippine as another option
to hold their wedding.
The secretary urges wedding
coordinators, travel agencies all over the country and Visayan
tour guides to come up with strategies and packages to further
promote and offer the country as the new wedding haven for
soon-to-be husband and wife.
.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kasal.com
thanks the following sources for this article:
Cebu Pacific News. Cebu
Pacific Flies Manila – Osaka. Retrieved October 8, 2008
http://www.cebupacificair.com/aboutus/press/2008/09152008.html
Dagooc, Ehda. Cebu pushed
as “Wedding Destination” Retrieved October 4,
2008
http://philstar.com/archives.php?aid=20081003171&type=2
Dept. of Tourism. Visitor
Arrivals to the Philippines by Country of Residence for the
month of July 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008
http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph/dot/statistics.asp
Montecillo, Paolo Luis G.
PAL to restore Cebu- Osaka flights Retrieved October 8, 2008
http://bworldonline.com/BW100808/content.php?id=300#
Mozo, Malou. Manila Bulletin.
DOT promoting Cebu province as ‘wedding capital’
of Asia’. Visayas section, October 8, 2008 issue
Ortiz, Margaux. RP now being
pitched as wedding venue to tourists Retrieved October 7,
2008
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/09/14/RP_now_being_pitched_as_wedding_venue_to_tourists/
Reyes, Mary Ann Ll. DOT
expects more Japanese tourists this year, Retrieved October
7, 2008
http://www.philstar.com/archives.php?aid=200809246&type=2
|
