00:00Many Chinese nationals are high-risk tourists and visitors with suspicious backgrounds and
00:05are criminal characters, which the country found out the hard way in dealing with the
00:10headache called POGOs.
00:12Not a problem, there is another market for trouble-free tourists who need to be tapped
00:17coming from the country with the largest human population.
00:21Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco has been in touch with India's foreign minister, recently
00:27seeking to open up the country to Indian tourists by way of an e-visa or open visa
00:32scheme for travelers and visitors.
00:35And working group teams have been formed and business and trade missions are being sent
00:39and swapped to include private tourism stakeholders to pave the way for greater tourist arrivals.
00:46The DFA has initially launched this system and we are hopeful that with the president's
00:53instructions, it will become more efficient, professional, and globally competitive.
01:01This system will be done by the DFA and the DI.
01:07As far as the Philippines is concerned, the status of the liberalization of our visas
01:15should be compared to our ASEAN neighbors' visa to be liberalized.
01:20But in terms of priority, it's really India that we're looking at right now for visa liberalization.
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