I was invited to attend the 2nd Philippines-India Joint Working Group Meeting on Tourism Cooperation last week. Despite my full work schedule, I decided to attend this meeting because I wanted to network with the visiting Indian Tourism officers and find out how we could further increase the number of retirees from India who have already settled here in our country.
The meeting was chaired by the Department of Tourism Undersecretary Verna Buensuceso, assisted by Director Warner Andrada. Aside from the Philippine Retirement Authority, there were also representatives from other government agencies—Intramuros Administration, Civil Aeronautics Board and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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The Indian delegation was led by officers from India’s Ministry of Tourism led by Director General Anita Baghel, Assistant Director General Uttank Joshi, and Assistant Director…