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Philippines to spend 322 million USD on improving roads to tourism sites

A member of the Philippine House of Representatives Marvin Rillo on January 15 said that the country will invest 17.7 billion pesos (322 million USD) in building and upgrading roads to tourism sites, which make the sites more accessible to visitors.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A member of the Philippine House ofRepresentatives Marvin Rillo on January 15 said that the country will invest 17.7 billion pesos (322 million USD) in building and upgrading roads to tourismsites, which make the sites more accessible to visitors.

He said that the country needs to develop more roads and bridgesto open tourism destinations to tourists across the archipelago.

Rillo added that the tourism and public works and highwaysdepartments have jointly identified projects that will be funded under thegovernment's tourism road infrastructure programme.

In December 2022, the House of Representatives approved 34bills that identify new tourism destinations across the country, including waterfalls,national parks, and caves.

The Philippines is improving connectivity and convenience tolure more tourists, including upgrading tourism infrastructure anddigitalisation.

Specifically, the government plans to develop cruise tourism, hold regional travel fairs, develop tourism circuits and continueconvergence with tourism-enhancing government agencies.

According to the Philippines' Department of Tourism, 2.65million international travellers visited the Philippines in 2022, bringing thecountry a revenue of 208.96 billion pesos (3.8 billion USD).

In 2023, the country targets to welcome 2.6-6.4 millioninternational visitors./.

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