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DOT to target ‘globally competitive, job-generating’ tourism: Frasco
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. aims to leverage the tourism industry to create jobs for Filipinos, emphasizing that government agencies are intensifying efforts to employ the remaining jobless citizens within his term.
Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco highlighted that the industry currently employs 6.75 million Filipinos, representing 13.83 percent of total employment, and indirectly supports 10 million more.
Internal tourism spending reached P3.86 trillion in 2024, a 13.12 percent increase from 2023, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is collaborating with other agencies to ensure inclusive and sustainable gains in the sector.
These collaborations include partnerships with the DSWD for social protection of tourism frontliners during disasters, DTI and Small Business Corporation for MSME support, and the Department of Migrant Workers for OFW reintegration into the tourism workforce.
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