PHILIPPINES - A travel boom

Manilatimes.net, March 22, 2007

A tourism boom is taking place. The Philippines will receive between 3.2 million and 3.5 million visitors this year. That will be the highest on record. In 2006 the country could have attracted 3 million tourists, but there were not enough hotel rooms to accommodate them.

Philippine carriers are all refleeting, expanding at an unprecedented rate and making them among the youngest in the world in terms of age of their planes.
Philippine Airlines is buying six Boeing 777-300 on top of 20 Airbuses it had previously ordered to bring its fleet to 42 from the present 32 (the old planes will be replaced) by 2012.
Cebu Pacific plans to acquire 20 more planes, a firm order for 10 Airbus A320 planes for delivery in 2010 to 2012, plus options for another 10 for delivery between 2011 and 2013.

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