26 February 2024 - H.E. Ambassador Maria Lumen B. Isleta met with Secretary Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco, Department of Tourism, on Thursday, 22 February 2024, in Manila, Philippines.

Both sides discussed possible avenues to bolster tourist arrivals from Sweden and Finland. Ambassador Isleta mentioned that the growth of tourist arrivals from Sweden and Finland are most promising and raised the possibility of collaborations to make the Philippines even more visible to the Nordic countries. Secretary Frasco confirmed that despite certain hurdles in connectivity traveling from the Nordic countries to the Philippines, the country has seen an upward trend in visitors from the Nordic region. END.