Before the pandemic, outbound tourism expenditures enjoyed a 4% CAGR between 2015 and 2019. By 2019, Filipinos spent PHP 61.4 billion in shopping overseas alone. Shopping was one of the fast-growing components of spending over a 5-year period, only second to travel agencies and reservation spending (+8% CAGR) and tied with F&B (+6%). In 2020, …
Author: Paolo Abellanosa
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[TYPHOON ALERT] Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways reschedules Dec. 26 flights
Taiwanese legacy carrier EVA Airways announced new schedules for Dec. 26 flights between Taipei and Manila as Typhoon Nina batters through the Philippines. The following have been rescheduled: 26-Dec-16 BR 262 Manila - Taipei Original schedule: 03:40 - 06:00 Revised schedule: 00:40 - 03:00 Rescheduled earlier 26-Dec-16 BR 271 Taipei - Manila Original schedule:09:10 - …
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