Though she hasn’t erupted in 70 years, Mt. Hibok-Hibok in Camiguin has been especially quiet lately. From March 2020 to November 2021, the Timpoong Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument hosted exactly zero visitors. “Mt. Hibok-Hibok was once a popular hiking destination, especially after Pinoy Mountaineer featured it in 2007. Climbers came daily because our volcano offers elements…
Tourism has yet to recover in Asia and the Pacific, but a few green shoots can help us understand how best to heal the sector. Even where the situation is improving, a slow recovery in tourism may have long-term impacts, including through business closures and delayed investment in physical infrastructure, such as hotels, restaurants, and…
Three local units of international banking groups made it to the The Asian Banker’s (TAB) inaugural Global Top 100 Digital Banks ranking list based on financial technology and retail operations. TABInsights, the research arm of the Singapore-based TAB, placed the local subsidiary of Malaysia-based at 57th, The Netherland’s at 67th, and Singapore-based at 94th. CIMB…
As the two-year pandemic has forced everyone to isolate themselves in their own homes, the country’s biggest contributors to the economy have taken a massive hit. Losses, layoffs and closures were among the many devastating effects, but as the Philippines and the world begin to open up and ease border restrictions, the economy has also…
As revenge travel is on the rise, travelers are looking for destinations that have it all While the pandemic has forced many of us to be creative–many of us became plantitas or plantitos, home bakers, and soy candle makers – we still cannot shake off wanderlust. In all of us is the innate desire…