Marcos: Old Malacañang buildings get facelift, to stand as ‘new tourism assets’

Manila Bulletin

The renovation of old buildings inside the Malacañang compound will add to the Philippines’ new “tourism assets” because these can be turned into conference venues and guest houses, President Marcos said.  In his latest vlog entitled “BBM VLOG 258: Pinoy Hospitality,” the Chief Executive shared about his initiative of renovating the old buildings in the Palace compound.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/22/marcos-old-malacanang-buildings-get-facelift-as-new-tourism-assets  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00One of the lessons we learned that our visitors need is easy access to their destinations.

00:08Most of the time, meetings and engagements are held in palaces.

00:12That's why in the past few months, we added something to the latest addition to our Filipino Hospitality Asset.

00:19This is like a lodging for our visitors.

00:24Instead of staying in a hotel in a faraway place where there's a lot of traffic and it's hard to schedule meetings,

00:30they can stay here near the palace.

00:33There's a chance that there are abandoned houses in the compound of Malacanang,

00:39and we saw one that can still be renovated.

00:42That's what we did.

00:46Of course, all of this was helped by our team at the Office of the President,

00:51the Social Secretary, and of course, our housekeeper, Liza.

00:59This is not just one person asking questions.

01:01Some of our visitors are asking,

01:04What makes Filipinos so nice?

01:06I can't answer that.

01:07I said, we don't know that we're being nice.

01:10We're just doing what we learned, what we used to do.

01:16So why are you so nice?

01:18Why are Filipinos so nice?

01:19It makes your heart beat fast when you hear that.

01:25Filipino Hospitality is the heritage of every Filipino.

01:31Let's keep it alive, and more importantly,

01:34this is an important part of our journey towards a new Philippines.

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