MANILA, Philippines — The government will grant tax incentives to various tourism enterprises for the renovation or modernization of their facilities in line with upgrading health and safety protocols, the chief of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. “The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved tax incentives that can be given to tourism enterprises that […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation is setting up what it calls the National SMEs Information Web Portal, called “KhmerSME”, to allow local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access various information and lets foreign direct investors (FDIs) to seek information from existing SMEs in Cambodia. With this portal, SMEs are able to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s trade deficit narrowed to a new two-year low of $500 million in April as steep declines were registered in both imports and exports during the month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Total external trade in goods last April reached $6.07 billion, down by 59.8 percent from $15.10 billion […]
Read MoreRestaurants, hotels and eateries are likely to be allowed to serve alcoholic beverages on their premises in the fourth phase of easing the Covid-19 lockdown under a proposal to go to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday. Also, the night curfew could be lifted for 15 days, as a trial, but the […]
Read MoreVietnam is to resume flights between countries that have been free of Covid-19 cases for 30 days, with Laos in a list of priority destinations. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated on Tuesday that flights to and from priority destinations will be allowed to resume, according to a report by Reuters. Destinations cited by the […]
Read MoreThe Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) aims to attract 1 million outbound tourists who booked tour packages over Songkran but failed to use them because of the pandemic to travel domestically instead, in hopes of raising 20 billion baht in tourism revenue. TTAA president Thanapol Cheewarattanaporn said that if the government lets people travel domestically […]
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