Aggressive: Philippines Tourism Department secretary Ramon R. Jimenez speaking to the press in Kuching on his country's tourism plans.
KUCHING: The move to increase air connectivity between Malaysia and the Philippines is highly justified, if the double-digit growth in tourist arrivals at the archipelago is anything to go by.
Last year, visitors from Malaysia to the Philippines grew by 27%, which is probably the strongest recorded by any of its South East Asian neighbours.
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