The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments by Honorary Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia of the Russian Federation
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Promoting better relations between Russia and the Philippines is a goal of the Philippine Russian Business Assembly (PRBA) and Honorary Consul Garcia.
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The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments by Honorary Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia of the Russian Federation
- 1. The Philippines: Tourism, Trade & Investments Hon. Armi Lopez-Garcia Consul a.h. Russian Federation
- 2. Contents • Where in the world? • Some demographics • Russian visitors • PRBA • Trade & investments • Opportunities beyond Manila • RP as Gateway to ASEAN • How to go about investing in RP? PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 3. Where in the world? PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 5. …to the Philippines! •Total: 300,000 sq km •Land: 298,170 sq km •Water: 1,830 sq km Area •101,833,938 (as of July 2011 ) Population •Age 15 and over can read and write Literacy • 29,700,000 users Internet Stats PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 6. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com Russians have been discovering the Philippines through the years
- 12. PRBA Forum 2010PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com PRBA – Improving ties thru the years PRBA Forum2009 PRBA Forum2011
- 15. Meet Russia Lifestyle Seminar: Cebu, Bohol & Boracay PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 17. Turn over of President Quirino’s Bass Relief PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 18. Unveiling of Leo Tolstoy Bust PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 20. Unveiling of the ‘Dandelion’ @ Cebu Cultural Center (2011) PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 21. Russia Day in Cebu PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 23. A LOOK AT TRADE & INVESTMENTS
- 24. Some economic trends Remittances stabilized the peso, built up reserves Economic stability restored & resilient to external shocks 7.6 % growth in 2010; highest in 30 years. 5% average growth in past 10 years, PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 25. In 2008, Philippine economy world’s 47th largest. From agriculture-based to newly-industrialized country. Economy dependent on services & manufacturing sector. Total labor force: 38.1 million. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 26. An educated populace with excellent proficiency in English (thus the fast-rising BPO industry) Plenty of managerial and entrepreneurial talent Global demand for labor force with a huge number of Filipinos working abroad (8 million, or 25% of active workforce). PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 27. Growth in following sectors BPO/ICT services Electronics & Semiconductors Mining Energy Agro-industry Shipbuilding Tourism PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 30. Clark and Subic • Formerly two of US largest military facilities overseas. • Clark Freeport Zone and Subic Bay Freeport Zone promoted as tourism/IT hub & business center for medium and large-scale enterprises in Asia. • Special taxes, duty incentives & 100% foreign equity in enterprise granted to foreign investments in Clark and Subic. • Maintained as tourist destinations PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 31. CamSur • Camarines Sur now a favorite water sports destination • CamSur houses the CamSur Watersports Complex, a watersports park designed for wakeboarding, waterskating and waterskiing. • Hosted various watersports competitions both locally and internationally. Davao • Financial center of Mindanao Island, 3rd biggest island in Philippine south • Center of education, arts, culture, tourism and information technology. • Dynamic local government support and multilingual and culturally-rich people makes Davao very conducive for investments. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 32. Cebu • Tourism & ICT hub in central Philippines • Center of education, trade, tourism, and business operations • Top exporter among all the other Philippine provinces • Sisterhood agreements to further business education, trade, and tourism between the City of Cebu and St. PetersburgPHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 33. GATEWAY TO ASEAN
- 34. Location, Location, Location Commercial, cultural and intellectual hub from the dawn of Southeast Asian history. PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 35. Borders West: Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia North: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Japan South: Borneo and the chain of Indonesian islands East: Pacific Ocean looking out to Hawaii, United States, Central and Latin America PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 36. Strategic Crossroads of developed West and Orient. Heart of Southeast Asia Gateway & Access to different Asian & Pacific capitals PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com
- 37. Thank you. See you in the Philippines! SOURCES: DOT Philippines (www.tourism.gov.ph) World Bank (www.worldbank.org) Economy Watch (www.economywatch.com) Inquirer (www.inquirer.net) Investor Philippines (www.investorphilippines.com) My Philippines (www.visitmyphilippines.net) Philippine-Russian Business Assembly (www.prbai.com & Philippine - Russian Business Assembly (PRBA) facebook GROUP) Philippine Airlines (www.philippineairlines.com) Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) PHILIPPINE RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSEMBLY www.prbai.com