BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio City) – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is boasting of its launch of the hop-on, hop-off bus tours (HOHO) for tourists in Makati and Manila, saying it’s the first of its kind in the Philippines.

But that is farthest from the truth.

Baguio City has launched the HOHO bus tours since 2022 as a response by the local government to traffic woes exacerbated by tourists driving their private vehicles when visiting the Summer Capital of the Philippines.

Our verdict: DOT’s PR stunt on HOHO is misleading!