00:00Various comments from netizens went viral
00:04about the wrongdoing of the Department of Tourism
00:06in one of their advertisements displayed
00:09at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
00:12According to the poster,
00:13it looks like the famous tourist spot
00:14of Banaue Rice Terraces
00:16has been transferred to Benguet.
00:18Nico Wahe was there.
00:23The National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines
00:27and the 8th wonder of the world
00:29is the Banaue Rice Terraces
00:32that last time we checked
00:34is located in Ifugo Province.
00:36But why does it look like it has been transferred?
00:40In the billboard advertisement of the Department of Tourism
00:43at IA Terminal 4,
00:44Banaue's Hagdang-Hagdang Palaya
00:47located in Benguet, Umano, was highlighted.
00:49The postcode of that
00:51went viral and went viral.
00:53It's a good thing that it was transferred
00:54so that it can be reached easily.
00:56One said,
00:57that's why it's hard to see it
00:59and it was already transferred.
01:00Or maybe there's a Benguet branch.
01:03It's also hard to forget
01:05the viral misunderstanding
01:07that the Mayon Volcano is in Nagamakikita.
01:10According to the post of the picture
01:12of Stephen Acabado,
01:14he was surprised by the ad
01:15because he sometimes does research
01:18related to the Banaue Rice Terraces
01:19as an archaeologist.
01:21I was happy when I first saw it
01:22because I work in Ifugo.
01:24But I was surprised when I saw it.
01:26Why Benguet?
01:27It's a bit frustrating.
01:28It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site
01:31but we don't know
01:34or the location information is not accurate.
01:39He shared this with Marlon Martin,
01:42who is the Chief Operating Officer
01:44of the Save the Ifugo Terraces Movement.
01:46They're promoting tourism.
01:48Maybe someone went to Benguet
01:51to look for the Banaue Rice Terraces.
01:53The tourists are poor.
01:54Until now, no one knows
01:56where the Banaue Rice Terraces are.
01:58Marlon also sent a picture
02:00to the Regional Director of Ifugo Tourism
02:03as a reason to report it
02:05to the Main Office of the Tourism Department.
02:07The advertisement was completely removed.
02:09It's not just now.
02:11It's been a long time.
02:13I think it's three times now.
02:16Every now and then, they make mistakes.
02:19They should correct it before they release it.
02:21Imagine, the Department of Tourism
02:24doesn't know what it's saying.
02:26It's the accountability of our officials.
02:29Let's just say a contractor did it.
02:32But that's their look-out.
02:34The Department of Tourism hasn't released
02:36a statement on the advertisement
02:38that was part of the Love the Philippines campaign.
02:40If you can remember,
02:42the AVP of the campaign used in the launch
02:44was Batikos because of the use of stock footage
02:47taken from other countries
02:49instead of the Philippines.
02:50The Department of Tourism then asked
02:53For GMA Integrated News,
02:54I'm Nico Juage.
02:55For Tutok, 24 hours.
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