00:00The travel agencies that went to the travel expo that is happening right now in Pasay
00:10had their own gimmicks.
00:12The early planners had their own plans inside and outside of the country.
00:17Just like Filip and Steph who are planning to go to Cebu this August.
00:22For celebration only, birthday and such.
00:25We're targeting the dates for anniversaries.
00:28When I checked online a few days ago, it's like 4K, 3K, but we got it for 2K only.
00:36The Himeneya family is excited to go to Vietnam for their mom.
00:41If you work hard to inquire, you can find good deals.
00:45It's been a long time that we haven't been out of the country since 2016 as a family.
00:51So we are very much excited.
00:54This travel expo that is being hosted by more than 300 local and international exhibitors
01:00is led by the Philippine Travel Agencies Association
01:04that aims to increase tourism.
01:08We are not just travel agencies, we are travel advisors.
01:12So we give them face to face experiences and tips which we cannot ask from a computer.
01:21And because this is done by the National Association of the Philippines, which is PTAA,
01:27it means that all the travel agents here are vetted and verified before being here.
01:34So all the packages that are sold here are not just cheap, it's also about quality.
01:42The destinations are good.
01:44Our domestic tourism is number one in Asia.
01:49It's valued at 66.2 billion US dollars.
01:54And it's precisely expos and exhibits like this that help our local destinations be introduced to our tourists.
02:02The DOT says that more than 5 million visitors were visited last year.
02:09For GMA Integrated News, Oscar Oida, for 24 Hours.
02:19For more information visit www.gma.gov
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