The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments by Honorary Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia of the Russian Federation
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The document discusses opportunities for tourism, trade, and investment between Russia and the Philippines. It provides an overview of the Philippines' geography, population, and economy. Specifically, it outlines how the Philippine-Russian Business Assembly (PRBA) has worked to improve ties through various forums and cultural events. It also highlights opportunities for investment and business partnerships across key Philippine industries and locations beyond Manila, such as Clark, Subic, Cebu, and Davao. Finally, it promotes the Philippines' strategic location as a gateway to the ASEAN region.
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The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments by Honorary Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia of the Russian Federation
- 1. The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments Hon. Armi Lopez-Garcia Consul a.h. Russian Federation
- 2. Contents • Where in the world? • Some demographics • Russian visitors • PRBA • Trade & investments • Opportunities beyond Manila • RP as Gateway to ASEAN • How to go about investing in RP? PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 3. Where in the world? PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 5. …to the Philippines! •Total: 300,000 sq km •Land: 298,170 sq km •Water: 1,830 sq km Area •101,833,938 (as of July 2011 ) Population •Age 15 and over can read and write Literacy • 29,700,000 users Internet Stats PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 6. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com Russians have been discovering the Philippines through the years
- 12. PRBA Forum 2010PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com PRBA – Improving ties thru the years PRBA Forum2009 PRBA Forum2011
- 15. Meet Russia Lifestyle Seminar: Cebu, Bohol & Boracay PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 17. Turn over of President Quirino’s Bass Relief PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 18. Unveiling of Leo Tolstoy Bust PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 20. Unveiling of the ‘Dandelion’ @ Cebu Cultural Center (2011) PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 21. Russia Day in Cebu PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 23. A LOOK AT TRADE & INVESTMENTS
- 24. Some economic trends Remittances stabilized the peso, built up reserves Economic stability restored & resilient to external shocks 7.6 % growth in 2010; highest in 30 years. 5% average growth in past 10 years, PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 25. In 2008, Philippine economy world’s 47th largest. From agriculture-based to newly-industrialized country. Economy dependent on services & manufacturing sector. Total labor force: 38.1 million. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 26. An educated populace with excellent proficiency in English (thus the fast-rising BPO industry) Plenty of managerial and entrepreneurial talent Global demand for labor force with a huge number of Filipinos working abroad (8 million, or 25% of active workforce). PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 27. Growth in following sectors BPO/ICT services Electronics & Semiconductors Mining Energy Agro-industry Shipbuilding Tourism PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 30. Clark and Subic • Formerly two of US largest military facilities overseas. • Clark Freeport Zone and Subic Bay Freeport Zone promoted as tourism/IT hub & business center for medium and large-scale enterprises in Asia. • Special taxes, duty incentives & 100% foreign equity in enterprise granted to foreign investments in Clark and Subic. • Maintained as tourist destinations PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 31. CamSur • Camarines Sur now a favorite water sports destination • CamSur houses the CamSur Watersports Complex, a watersports park designed for wakeboarding, waterskating and waterskiing. • Hosted various watersports competitions both locally and internationally. Davao • Financial center of Mindanao Island, 3rd biggest island in Philippine south • Center of education, arts, culture, tourism and information technology. • Dynamic local government support and multilingual and culturally-rich people makes Davao very conducive for investments. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 32. Cebu • Tourism & ICT hub in central Philippines • Center of education, trade, tourism, and business operations • Top exporter among all the other Philippine provinces • Sisterhood agreements to further business education, trade, and tourism between the City of Cebu and St. PetersburgPHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 33. GATEWAY TO ASEAN
- 34. Location, Location, Location Commercial, cultural and intellectual hub from the dawn of Southeast Asian history. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 35. Borders West: Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia North: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Japan South: Borneo and the chain of Indonesian islands East: Pacific Ocean looking out to Hawaii, United States, Central and Latin America PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 36. Strategic Crossroads of developed West and Orient. Heart of Southeast Asia Gateway & Access to different Asian & Pacific capitals PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 37. Thank you. See you in the Philippines! SOURCES: DOT Philippines (www.tourism.gov.ph) World Bank (www.worldbank.org) Economy Watch (www.economywatch.com) Inquirer (www.inquirer.net) Investor Philippines (www.investorphilippines.com) My Philippines (www.visitmyphilippines.net) Philippine-Russian Business Assembly (www.prbai.com & Philippine - Russian Business Assembly (PRBA) facebook GROUP) Philippine Airlines (www.philippineairlines.com) Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com