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The Pan-Philippine Highway is a 3,517 kilometres (2,185 mi) network of roads, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, serving as the Philippines' principal transport backbone. The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag, and the southern terminus is at Zamboanga City .
Rail transportation in the Philippines. Rail transportation in the Philippines is currently used mostly to transport passengers within Metro Manila and provinces of Laguna and Quezon, as well as a commuter service in the Bicol Region. Freight transport services once operated in the country, but these services were halted.
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority ( TIEZA ), formerly the Philippine Tourism Authority ( Filipino: Pangasiwaang Pilipino sa Turismo ), is an agency of the Philippine national government under the Department of Tourism responsible for implementing policies and programs of the department pertaining to the development ...
The FilmPhilippines Office of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has trebled its annual filming incentives budget from $1 million to $3 million, effective from 2022. The ...
The North Luzon Expressway ( NLEX ), [ a] signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160[ b] of the Philippine highway network, and partially as R-8[ b] of the Metro Manila arterial road network, [ c] is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines.
www .tourism .gov .ph. The Department of Tourism ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Turismo, DOT) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination .
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [31] In 2024, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱26.55 trillion ($471.5 billion), making it the world's 32nd largest by nominal GDP and 13th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund .
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao .