00:00The Philippines and India committed a $3 billion trade and investment under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
00:08The details are in the national news of Beagaza D. Guzman of Radyo Pilipinas.
00:13This is the last two years, especially under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:25For example, in terms of trade, as I mentioned earlier, in the first instance, we acquired a total of $3 billion worth of trade.
00:36This was stated by Philippine Ambassador to India Josel Ignacio Mayo in an interview with Radyo Pilipinas World Service.
00:44Under the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., the Philippines and India agreed to use the first instance of the $3 billion US dollars total trade of the two countries.
00:58They agreed to run all the borders between the two countries, including trade, defense, leadership and tourism.
01:07It was also made easier for the two countries to travel to each other's nationalities because of the electronic visa.
01:15Now, in all our embassies, only here in the Embassy of India, we are issuing electronic visas to increase Indian tourism in the Philippines.
01:28For 2025, the embassy's target is to return direct flights between India and the Philippines to help with travel and accommodation.
01:39One of the important things that we want to achieve for 2025 is to return direct flights because it has been gone for 10 years.
01:49According to the Department of Tourism, in 2022, the total number of Indian tourist arrivals in the Philippines will be 41,292 or 2.4 percent.
02:02From PBS Radyo Pilipinas, Bea Gaza de Guzman for Sabalitang Pambansa.
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