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The tourism industry was severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, when tourist arrivals dropped to only 1.48 million in 2020 due to government pandemic-related lockdowns to control the spread of the virus, [25] and when Super Typhoon Odette ravaged tourism-dependent remote islands, including Siargao, in central and southern Philippines ...
According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), urban tourism is defined as "a type of tourism activity which takes place in an urban space with its inherent attributes characterized by non-agricultural based economy such as administration, manufacturing, trade and services and by being nodal points of transport. Urban/city destinations ...
San Agustin Church in Intramuros, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Intramuros. Intramuros is a historic fortified complex housing Manila's oldest colonial structures. Tourist attractions within the complex include Fort Santiago, a Spanish citadel located at the mouth of the Pasig River near Manila Cathedral — an ecclesiastical building dating back to the 19th century, serving as the seat of the ...
Angeles City is the urban core of Metro Clark, [5] an urban area in Pampanga. This area, also known as Metro Angeles, is considered the industrial and residential heartland of Central Luzon. [6] Metro Clark Angeles is also identified as a regional center by the national government. [5]
The Intramuros Administration (IA) is an agency of the Department of Tourism that is mandated to orderly restore, administer, and develop the historic walled area of Intramuros that is situated within the modern City of Manila as well as to insure that the 16th to 19th century Philippine-Spanish architecture remains the general architectural ...
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4th largest mall in the Philippines and the 1st SM mall in Visayas. [114] SM City North EDSA [14] Quezon City: Metro Manila (National Capital Region) 2nd largest mall in the Philippines and 4th largest in the world. [115] SM Lanang Premier: Davao City: Davao del Sur: Davao Region: Largest mall in Mindanao. [116] SM Mall of Asia: Pasay
The following table lists urban areas in the Philippines, with a population of over 500,000, according to Demographia's "World Urban Areas" study as of 2023. Demographia defines an urban area as a continuously built up land mass of urban development that is within a labor and housing market, without regard for administrative boundaries. [13]