The Seoul Times, November 20, 2006
Philippine Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace H. Durano returned home on Nov.10, 2006 after winding up his successful three-day visit here as the head of a high-powered Philippine delegation to the 5th Philippine Hotels, Resort Road Show in three major cities in South Korea.
Sponsored by Philippine Airlines and organized by the Philippine Department of Tourism (PDOT), the roadshow ran from November 5 to 10 and also covered the key provincial cities of Pusan and Daegu, not to mention Seoul,
The annual event was among the highly-successful components of the DOT's marketing campaign in Korea, which is now the largest Asian market for Philippine tourism, averaging approximately 45,000 Korean tourists a month.