She boasted the country’s natural wonders and the population’s skillset.
During the press conference recently held at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Los Angeles, California, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco highlighted the Philippines’ natural wonders.
From stunning beaches, breathtaking landscapes and biodiversity, and Filipinos’ strong commnd of the English language, she noted that these factors make significant benefits for filmmakers, who might be looking to choose the Philippines as their next filming destination.
Frasco exemplified the “pristine beaches” of Boracay, Palawan, Siquijor, Cebu, and Camiguin, the “lush landscapes” of Batanes, hinterlands of Bukidnon, and ghe cityscapes of Manila and Cebu.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴,” said the tourism chief.
Frasco also noted the incentives for filmmakers who would make the Philippines the next location for their film.
“𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺.”
She continued, “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘹, 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.”
“𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘪𝘵” pitched the tourism chief.