Deputy Chief of Mission Mary Anne A. Padua visited the Travel Exhibition (Travex), a key event of the ASEAN Tourism Forum held in Chiang Mai Convention Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand on 25 January 2018.

Thirty (30) sellers/ participants from the tourism industry of the Philippines participated in the event. These include the Tourism Promotion Boards (TPB), Philippine Airlines and other companies from  the accommodation, travel/tour agencies, MICE and transport sectors. The event was a viable venue to promote tourism, networking and possible business matching  between visiting travel agents, outbound tour operators and participating sellers.   

Deputy Chief of Mission Mary Anne A. Padua (right) exchanges ideas on tourism promotion with Ms. Maricon B. Ebron, Department Manager of the International Promotions Department of the Tourism Promotions Board.

Undersecretary Benito Bengzon,  Jr. of the Tourism Development Sector of DOT (second from the right) discusses tourism initiatives with  Deputy Chief of Mission Mary Anne A. Padua (leftmost), Mr. Jaime Sy, Officer-in-Charge of the ASEAN and the Pacific Division, International Promotions Department of TPB   (second from the left), Datin Melissa Ong, Marketing Director of the Department of Tourism for Thailand and Malaysia (third from the left),  Mr. Alex Macatuno of DOT (fourth from the left) and Ms. Maricon B. Ebron, Department Manager of the International Promotions Department of the TPB (rightmost).