Offering amazing deals and huge discounts on hotel and resort rooms, travel packages, and airfare, the International Travel Festival 2022 is ongoing up to Sunday, February 20, at the Activity Center of Ayala Center Cebu.

With the Philippines finally opening its borders to international leisure travelers last week, the holding of ITF 2022 is timely, according to DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat in a recorded message played during the opening on Friday.

Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 Director Shalimar Tamano speaks during the opening of the International Travel Festival 2022 at the Activity Center of Ayala Center Cebu.
Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 Director Shalimar Tamano speaks during the opening of the International Travel Festival 2022 at the Activity Center of Ayala Center Cebu.

She added that she looks forward to more travelers visiting Philippine destinations, tourism workers smiling once again, and the country’s sense of pride restored as it once again shares its culture with others.

ITF 2022 exhibitors

Exhibitors include Turkish Airlines, hotels and resorts within and outside Cebu, local government units, regional tourism offices, and tourism organizations.

Cebu resorts and hotel slike Golden Sands Destination Resorts, Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa, NUSTAR Resort and Casino, Dusit Thani Mactan, Goldberry Suites and Hotel, Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown, Summit Hotel, and Yello Hotel are offering up to 60 percent discount on rooms and irresistible deals on other offerings.

South Palms Resort Panglao, Conrad Manila, Dakak Resort, Dusit Davao, Malagos Garden Resort in Davao, Megaworld Hotels and Resorts are among the other ITF 2022 participants.

Also joining the event are the regional tourism offices of Central and Eastern Visayas, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN, NCR, and MIMAROPA.

Marlen is the editor of MyCebu.ph and co-founder of Cebu-based journalism startup InnoPub Media.