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“I would have never thought that I would find myself here in this position,” admitted Nograles in a conversation with Filipino-American media pioneer Jannelle So Perkins for, which airs US-wide on cable channels The Filipino Channel and ANC; as well as on local Southern CA digital channel KNET 25.1; and is also available on social media platforms.
TPB also has its own projects. One of its standard tools is ensuring Philippine tourism is represented at major travel fairs, including ITB Berlin, which is the world’s largest travel fair, plus the World Travel Market in London. There is also MICE , which promotes the country for business tourism. “I remember we sat down and the head of the tribe came up and he said, ‘Welcome to the land of the dream weavers.’ My hair stood because I felt like the soil I was stepping on is really the land of the dream weavers. They say the T’boli indigenous tribe, their embroidery, their beading, their weaving techniques come to them in their dreams,” said Nograles.