Philippines starts accepting group tourist visa applications

Recently, the theme activity of "meeting the Blue Coast-Philippine Island Paradise Festival" jointly sponsored by the Beijing Office of the Philippine National Tourism Administration was officially held on the Blue Coast of Qinhuangdao. According to Bai Aiwen, Tourism Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in China and the Beijing Office of the Philippine National Tourism Administration, recently, the Philippine embassies and consulates in China have begun to accept group tourist visa applications from registered travel agencies and plan to speed up the pace of Chinese tourists entering the Philippines.

On April 16, 2023, tourists punch in front of the English sign "Hello Philippines" on the blue coast of Qinhuangdao. Photo/Beijing News reporter Xue Jun photo

In his speech at the opening ceremony, Bai Aiwen said that as one of the first 20 group tourism pilot countries, the Philippines is trying to prove to Chinese tourists that it is a beautiful and happy destination and has the strength to become a member of China's outbound tourism market pilot countries.

At the same time, the Philippines continues to simplify the visa process. Recently, the Philippine Embassy and Consulate in China has begun to accept group tourist visa applications from registered travel agencies, and plans to implement an electronic visa system in the next few months to provide Chinese tourists with more convenient and faster entry procedures and accelerate the entry of Chinese tourists into the Philippines. pace.

Wen brigade co-founder Jiang Hui introduced the "Philippine island paradise" project. Figure/Respondent

This "Philippine Island Paradise Festival" can also be regarded as one of the preparations made by the Philippines to welcome Chinese tourists. As one of the organizers of this event, Jiang Hui, the co-founder of Wenlu, introduced the tripartite "Philippine Island Paradise" project. She said that the project is one of the series of activities of Wen Lu's "Hello, Destination". It is intended to expand the customer base of destinations and brands through cross-border linkage, thus broadening the brand's extension and audience base. The Philippine National Tourism Administration and the blue coast are bound by the "sea", but in fact, the opportunities for cooperation between the two sides are far more than that. Whether it is natural resources, brand concept, product form or market positioning, target users, there are a lot of common ground. Therefore, this cross-border linkage allows some originally unrelated elements to penetrate and merge with each other through element links, scene links, topic links, etc., thus reaching accurate users. This is not only a three-way win-win, but also complementary to the user experience.