PH launches first hop-on hop-off bus tours
The Department of Tourism (DOT) introduced the country's first-ever hop-on hop-off bus tours in Makati City late last month.
The program looks to provide tourists the “convenience and flexibility on when and how they will tour a destination through a seamless, contactless transport and tour booking system.”
Once the Philippines Hop-On Hop-Off (HOHO) tour in Makati is fully implemented, tourists can take the bus in designated stops within the city, following the suggested itineraries curated by the DOT-NCR team.
DOT said the HOHO tour will cost around P1,000 per person and tourists will have an option to avail private and guided tours.
The department looks to bring the project to other key destinations around the country and DOT noted that preparations are being done for the launch of the Philippines HOHO project in Manila next.
The Makati and Manila hubs of the program are expected to be fully operational after the grand launch this month.
"This is an effort that we wish to replicate in all the other areas in Metro Manila [and the Philippines] and this is just the beginning,” Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco was quoted as saying in a statement.
The Philippines HOHO project will have a dedicated website, a reloadable EMV-capable card, and a mobile app for booking tours, making cashless payments, GPS networked-bus arrival monitoring and video guides, and information on hotels, food, and tourism merchants.
DOT said it takes inspiration from hop-on hop-off buses globally such as Abu Dhabi, Argentina, London, Madrid, New York, and Singapore.
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