LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles, Las Vegas Bureau) – The World Tourism Council, meeting in Las Vegas, today named the Philippines Department of Tourism’s new slogan the best of all time!

“Love The Philippines” may have received the harshest criticism from both Filipinos and international travelers because of its use of stock images featuring countries other than the Philippines, but WTC said it has generated an amazing phenomenon never before seen in world tourism.

In naming recognizing the Philippine slogan, WTC said:

“The three-word slogan has captured the eyes, ears and mouths across continents. Everyone is now talking about the Philippines. International media has provided free coverage of the tourism campaign. Social media is now teeming with the controversial slogan – never mind that the images posted by netizens are of other countries. Kudos to the Philippines’ Tourism Department and to the ad agency that cooked up this phenomenal branding.”

(The Adobo Chronicles’ senior chief geopolitics correspondent Brian Neyra contributed to this report and painstakingly helped collate images from the Internet.)