the marine diving fair (mdf) which is the largest diving fair in asia is recognized for its recommendations for must-visit dive spots in the world and have awarded the philippines the following:
1. top 5 best diving area
2. top 10 most desirable destination, best dive resort (bohol tropics)
3. favorite dive operator (blue coral resort, cebu)
this’ according to several news sites like positivenewsmedia.net and mb.com.ph to site a few
googling for the list of the awards didn’t give me desired results. so, if you know something about it, a link of the list is appreciated
news like this helps promote philippine tourism. with an expected 52,000 visitors of mdf where 80% are divers, philippine dive areas like cebu and liloan will benefit from it. here’s the 17th beach resort fair invitation marinediving.com
its nice to know how philippine tourism can still compete globally with the current economic slump. tourism may push the counrty out of the recessions’ grip but this is not even half of the battle.
boracay, in the philippines, is deteriorating. if you dont know about it, here are some articles
i dont know the reason for its near demise but we dont want other philippine tourist destinations to take the same path. officials are now concentrated in saving boracay – if only they could have responded to the signals earlier.
terrylan 