Unknown to most Filipinos, white sand beach resorts in all four corners of Sulu are operating round-the-clock for two years now and that the province was declared “Abu Sayyaf free” by a ...

There are signs the tourism drive is working. Isabela recorded 440,000 visitors in 2023, up from 30,000 in 2019, Hataman said. The city, which a decade ago fell silent after 5 p.m. because of ...

Sulu beaches ready for tourism. October 15, 2023 | 7:16 pm. COTABATO CITY — Former beachfront enclaves of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in Sulu have been operating as tourist attractions in the past ...

Tourists realize that it’s safe in Sulu,” Sulu tourism officer Jainab Abdulmajid said. ... She said her office has put up a website to inform visitors about the places of interest in the province.

The travel event “Project Sulu,” which was initiated by the Bangsamoro government and tourism offices, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine Global Explorers (PGE), aspires to ...

This is the hilarious moment a beachgoer fell into the sea while trying to pose on a tree. Holidaymaker Anthony Ferrer attempted to walk along an intact fallen tree to take photos during his vacation ...

DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Sulu provincial government, the municipality of Patikul, and the Tourism Infrastructure ...

Americans are advised not to travel to the Sulu Archipelago — including the southern Sulu Sea — and Marawi City on the island of Mindanao for any reason, the state department said.

PATIKUL, Sulu, Philippines — An elderly man sits leisurely on a wooden bench near the entrance of Sharas, a restaurant offering fine dining in this town, his eyes, smiling as if showing ...

Sulu is home to Abu Sayyaf, a Wahhabi Sunni militia, which claimed responsibility for the 2004 Superferry 14 bombing in Manila, killing 116. Abu Sayyaf has links to Jemaah Islamiyah in Indonesia ...