Japan provides surveillance radar to Philippines

Japan provides surveillance radar to Philippines

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro (L) and Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo (C) pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo in Manila on Dec. 5, 2024, after the two countries signed an agreement for Japan to provide coastal surveillance radar valued at 1.6 billion yen ($10.7 million) to Manila.

Egypt's tourism revenue jumps 120 pct in FY 2021/22

STORY: Egypt's tourism revenue jumps 120 pct in FY 2021/22 DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Giza pyramid 2. various of tourists at Luxor Temple, museums, Sharm el-Sheikh seaside and other places 3. various of tourists at a Giza pyramid STORYLINE: The revenue of Egypt's tourism sector reached 10.7 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2021/2022 that ended in June 2022, marking an increase of around 120 percent over the 4.9 billion U.S. dollars in the previous fiscal year, Egypt's official statistics authority announced on Wednesday. The number of tourists visiting Egypt hit 11.7 million in 2022, registering a year-on-year increase of 46.6 percent from 8 million tourists in 2021, Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said in a report. Europeans accounted for 62.6 percent of the tourists who visited Egypt in 2022, followed by Arabs who represented 26.4 percent and Americans who accounted for 5.8 percent, while the

Türkiye registers 4.8 mln foreign visitor arrivals in October

STORY: Türkiye registers 4.8 mln foreign visitor arrivals in October DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Antalya airport and plane 2. various of tourists at the airport 3. various of tourists on the beach STORYLINE: More than 4.8 million foreign visitor arrivals were registered in Türkiye in October, up by 38.3 percent year on year, official statistics showed on Monday. In October, the top country of origin among foreign tourists is Russia, which sent nearly 768,000 visitors, down by 10.7 percent from the previous month and down by 15.1 percent year on year. Russia was closely followed by Germany, which sent more than 746,000 visitors. Britain ranked third with more than 388,000 visitors, according to statistics from Türkiye's Culture and Tourism Ministry. The number of arriving foreign visitors to Türkiye in the January-October period this year increased by 88.14 percent to 39 million compared to the same period last year, according to the