Int'l Adventure Filmmakers Eye Philippine IslandsInternational adventure film producers of a reality game show consider the Philippines as a good site after the 8th edition of "Survivor France" was successfully filmed in Caramoan, Camarines Sur.Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano told Davao reporters that the successful filming of Survivor France led other international producers to consider the islands in the Philippines as the right site for adventure. Durano graced the Ecotourism Congress in Davao City on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 where tourism industry players, property owners, tourism officers and planners talked on the new standards as a guide for developing ecotourism destinations. Durano said they had been pushing to include diving and scuba diving in another market segment. Diving was promoted by the Department of Tourism in the European market in a Travel Show earlier this year and generated interest among tourists.
Durano meanwhile said that some of international producers from Korea and the US are looking for areas here that are ideal for location shoots. In fact he said "Survivor U.S." is considering Caramoan as the site for their next episode. "With our country consisting of several islands there will be lot of sites ideal for adventure," he said.
Durano said they had been pushing for that to include diving and scuba diving is another market segment. As far as the airing of Survivor France, he said part of the agreement is to include the showing of tourism sites of the Philippines as an opener to the main episode. He said with nine million viewers daily, "Survivor France" which is beamed to television viewers in Europe and Canada will be high priced media mileage promoting tourist destinations in the Philippines. The airing of Survivor France will be from July to September. A reality game show is one that isolates its contestants in the wilderness to compete for cash and prizes in a location of exotic environment. Durano said at Caramoan, P200 million worth of facilities was built for the crew and contestants of Survivor France. And using it for four months, the producers paid P30 million to the provincial government of Camarines Sur. What the government paid was only the fuel needs for the entire filming, he said. Single Filipina women seeking dating, love and friendship   "Fired Travel Agent Reveals How To Get Dirt Cheap Airfare Tickets!" The secrets exposed here will exceed your wildest of expectations. Manipulate airline companies' ticket pricing computer systems to give you $1,000's of discounts on your ticket. Earn free vouchers for airfare tickets just from making a phone call and without ever even flying at all! The KEY to traveling for cheap, and how to use this knowledge to get the biggest bargains!My Airfare Secrets »
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Adventure Travel is already a growing market, he said. With the global travel market of about $900 million, one-fifth of this is in adventure travel.
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