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Ko Samui (or Koh Samui), often locally shortened to Samui (Thai: เกาะสมุย, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ sā.mǔj]), is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago , it is part of Surat Thani Province , though as of 2012, Ko Samui was granted municipal status and thus is now locally self-governing.
A Philippine Tourism Commission was created under the unified Trade and Tourism Department to oversee the growth of the tourism industry as a source of economic benefit for the country. In 1973, President Ferdinand Marcos created a new cabinet-level Department of Tourism (DOT) by splitting the Department of Trade and Tourism into two separate ...
Department of Information and Communications Technology: Kagawaran ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon: June 9, 2016; 8 years ago () Secretary of Information and Communications Technology: Ivan John Uy: Department of the Interior and Local Government: Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal
The tourism industry was severely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, when tourist arrivals dropped to only 1.48 million in 2020 due to government pandemic-related lockdowns to control the spread of the virus, [25] and when Super Typhoon Odette ravaged tourism-dependent remote islands, including Siargao, in central and southern Philippines ...
The Student Government Program (SGP) is the Philippines' program for pupil governments in elementary schools and student governments in secondary schools of the Department of Education, under the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration. It is the foremost co-curricular student organization authorized to implement pertinent programs ...
The present day NHCP was established in 1972 as part of the reorganization of government after President Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of martial law, but the roots of the institute can be traced back to 1933, when the American colonial Insular Government first established the Philippine Historical Research and Markers Committee (PHRMC). [81]
In most cases, municipal population numbers do not represent the current size of each individual city, but only the administrative core. Geographically limited city municipalities such as Koh Samui and the suburban city municipalities of Bangkok, namely Nonthaburi, Pak Kret, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom, and Samut Sakhon, are the exception.
The secretary of tourism (Filipino: Kalihim ng Turismo) in the Philippines is the head of the country's Department of Tourism and is a member of the president's Cabinet. [ 1 ] The current secretary is Christina Frasco , who assumed office on June 30, 2022.