THE Philippine Department of Tourism proudly presented “Love The Philippines Night” at the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2025, an evening showcasing the vibrant culture and unparalleled hospitality of the Philippines.
“𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴—𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺,” said Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco in her opening remarks.
The “Love The Philippine Night” during the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2025, gathered an impressive assembly of tourism leaders demonstrating the strong collaborative spirit within ASEAN. The distinguished guests included:
H.E. YB Dato Sri Tiong King Sing, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Malaysia
H.E. Mr. Sorawong Thienthong, representing the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Thailand
H.E. Mdm. Widiyanti Putri, from the Indonesia Ministry of Tourism
H.E. Mr. Huot Hak, Minister of the Cambodia Ministry of Tourism
H.E. Dato Dr. Abdul Manaf Metussin from Brunei’s Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism
H.E. Francisco Kalbuadi Lay, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, and Minister of Tourism and Environment, Timor-Leste
H.E. Mr. Alvin Tan, Singapore’s Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry
H.E. Mdm. Darany Phommavongsa, Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Laos PDR
H.E. Mr. Ho An Phong, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam
Reflecting on the day’s discussions and the evening’s cultural celebrations, Secretary Frasco underscored the familial bond shared among ASEAN nations and the collective vision for regional prosperity through tourism.
“𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘕 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘕 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥: 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴,” said Secretary Frasco.
“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 7,600 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴—𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯, 𝘊𝘦𝘣𝘶, 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘺, 𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘰, 𝘓𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘵. 𝘈𝘱𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘵. 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘨, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴,” added the Philippine Tourism Chief.
Editor’s Note: This article has been sourced from the Philippines Department of Tourism Facebook Page.
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