PHILTOUR LESSON 1

Where does the name PHILIPPINES come from ?

King Philip II (king of spain, 16th century)

CAPITAL OF PH

Manila

HOW MANY ISLANDS THE PHILIPPINES HAS?

7,641

THREE big Islands

Luzon

Visayas

Mindanao

How many Provinces?

82

How many Regions ?

18

foreign visitors visited to PH (last year)

5.9 MILLION

TOP 5 VISITORS

USA

JAPAN

CHINA

AUSTRALIA

SOUTH KOREA

CITIES

149

MINUCIPALITIES

1,491

BARANGAY

42,011

I

REGION 1

II

CAGAYAN VALLEY

III

CENTRAL LUZON

IVA

CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon)

IVB

MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan)

V

BICOL REGION

VI

WESTERN VISAYAS

VII

CENTRAL VISAYAS

VIII

EASTERN VISAYAS

IX

ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA

X

NORTHERN MINDANAO

XI

DAVAO REGION

XII

SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, GenSan)

XIII

CARAGA REGION

NCR

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (Metro Manila)

NIR

NEGROS ISLAND REGION

BARMM

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (formerly ARMM)     

ENDEMIC SPECIES

• Tamaraw (Mindoro)

• Visayan spotted deer

• Philippine mouse deer

• Visayan warty pig

• Philippine flying lemur

  Philippine tarsier (Bohol)

MARINE BIODIVERSITY

• 2.2 million sq. km of maritime waters

• Part of the Coral Triangle

Apo Reef

PH Largest Reef/2nd largest in the WORLD

RARE PLANTS

orchids, rafflesia (big flower)

THREE SEASONS

Tag-init

Tag-lamig

Tag-ulan

Tag-init (hot dry season)

March-May

Tag-ulan (rainy season)

June-November

Tag-lamig (cold season)

December-February

MOONSOONS

Habagat

Amihan

HABAGAT

May-October

AMIHAN

November-April

Coolest Month

JANUARY

Hottest Month

May

UNESCO DEFINITION (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

The whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs.

3 FILIPINO CULTURE

Cult of Smallness

Donya Victorina Complex (Colonial mentality)

Celebration of Defeat

FILIPINO CULTURE (values)

Togetherness is Happiness

THE FILIPINO CULTURE (listen to the feeling tone)

Read between the lines

Filipinos communicate non-verbally most of the time

Know to be creative

Filipino are found of

“Maximalism”

Multi Significance

Filipinos find other uses of things

CHRISTIAN

90%

ROMAN CATHOLIC

80%

Other Christian Groups

10%

Muslim (Mindanao, Palawan, Sulu Archipelago) (Bangsamoro)

5-10%