My father comes from a beautiful island in the Philippines with white sand beaches, blue green waters and very friendly people. I personally love the place and spent memorable vacations there as a kid. Now, my father and the town mayor wants to know how he could promote the island to foreigners, especially to Americans, to attract more investors and tourists. There already is a growing number of tourists in the area and hotels and resorts near the beaches but the island needs more development and it would be nice to see foreign investors coming in and bring progress to the island, boosting more jobs for the people there. Just like how the Carribean is promoted to Americans as an ideal vacation spot. Any ideas where to start? Is there a government sector in the US where i could go to and propose my ideas?
The Caribbean islands are a lot closer to USA than the Philippine islands are. And for short-term vacations there is no way the Philippine islands can compete with the Caribbean islands for US tourists. It simply doesn't make sense for US tourists to pay a lot more money for travel and endure a grueling flight to the Philippines and back.
But the Philippine islands can compete with Malaysia and Thailand for US and European retirees who like to stay for months and even years in warm hospitable countries, where the cost of living is less than it is in USA and in Europe.
Malaysia offers a 10-year visa to retirees who have a certain amount of income and/or savings. And Thailand offers a 1-year renewable visa to retirees over 50 years of age, who have a certain amount of income and/or savings.
This is something the Philippine government can also do. And perhaps the mayor of your town should lobby the Philippine government to change visa rules and allow rich foreign retirees to stay on Philippine islands like the one where your father is from.
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