Monthly Archives: July 2023

Social Media, Tourism, Travel

Zero Queues At NAIA Arrival: Best Tourism Gimmick!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The botched tourism video produced by ad agency DBB for the Philippines Department of Tourism may work after all.

After the flak from the promo video using stock images from countries other than the Philippines, “Love The Philippines” may have unintended positive consequences, according to travel experts.

Foreign tourists may shun the Philippines because news about the deceptive video has reached the international community.

Consequently, the Philippines will see a decline in tourist arrivals which means there will be no queues at immigration and customs kiosks at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Experts conclude that one of the most effective tourism gimmicks are photos or videos of airport arrivals showing no crowds or queues.

Love prevails. Love The Philippines.

(The Adobo Chronicles’ senior geopolitical correspondent BRIAN NEYRA contributed to this report.)

Social Media

Raissa Robles Tries Hand At Satire, Fails Miserably!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Realizing she has no future as a book author, self-proclaimed investigative writer and blogger, Raissa Robles is trying her hand at satire.

For starters, she tweeted her “edited” version of the tourism slogan “Love The Philippines” by simply superimposing text of the names of countries which were included in the stock images of the DBB video.

It was a total failure for Ressa, but she is not giving up.

And as a gesture of unity, The Adobo Chronicles invited Robles to attend one of its satire composition workshops, at no cost to her. We’ll be glad to have Robles as an AC Iskolar.

International, Tourism

Tourism Video Achieves Goal, Philippines Is Now The Talk Of The World!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Say what you will, but the tourism video produced by ad agency DBB, has achieved its set goal : worldwide promotion for the Philippines.

Thanks to the agency’s use of stock images from other countries, the Philippines is now the talk of the world. News headlines could only point to the success of the new tourism branding/ campaign.

What’s more, this worldwide publicity for the Philippines came at no cost to the Department of Tourism!

All’s well that ends well.