It’s more fun in the Philippines

Recently the DOT (Department of Tourism) launched its new campaign to attract more tourists to the Philippines. Just like two years ago they have brainstormed about a suitable slogan.

Two years ago they have copied the colorful logo from an earlier and similar campaign in Poland. Much was said about this copying during that time. And I wrote part of a post about it. You can read it here: DOT campaign.
This time they copied again, not a logo but the slogan used in Switzerland in the 50’s of last century. And again many people on the Internet and in newspapers are talking about it. The slogan is: It’s more fun in the Philippines (without exclamation mark / point).

At the same time many pictures appeared on the internet to promote the campaign, but also to show the real situation in the Philippines.
With this post I would like to show you MY WAY of how funny (or cruel) the Philippines sometimes is. Many of the pictures on the Internet have double meanings or make fun of the situation.
I have selected a few of those pictures, added new ones and publish them here to show you how I think about the campaign and what the government could improve to make the Philippines really worth visiting so tourists will say: It’s more fun in the Philippines.

With thanks to all the publishers of these pictures.
Click on one to see a larger one.

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Between the pictures I will add a few comments so readers from abroad, who haven’t visited the Philippines yet, will get a good idea about the situation in the Philippines if they haven’t read my earlier posts and seen the pictures I published in the last few years.

First a few good ones that show the nice side of the Philippines:

beautiful beaches, sun and clear water	dancing traffic enforcers	dancing traffic enforcers	staring tarsiers in Bohol
chocolate bar called Filipino	improvised Christmas Tree	an idea for relocation	beautiful nature all over the 7000+ islands

Some about Filipino politics:

Miriam Defensor Santiago is the only senator who dares to name names

Catholic Church against the RH-bill (reproductive health bill)

Now some (maybe) less attractive pictures, but still typical Filipino, FOOD

a variety of street food

a variety of street food

balut, a Filipino delicacy

lechon, served on many Filipino parties

About transportation, typical Filipino and sometimes to laugh about, often not:

family transport

public jeepney transport

traffic in Manila or any other large city

public urinal

Filipino way of life:

Filipino Time	funeral wake’s are fun with gambling, drinking and karaoke	24/7 service	crowd surfing = many wounded, even dead
peeing in public is a common behavior	peeing in public is a common behavior, learned when they are young	peeing in public is a common behavior	can you take a bath in public and keep your clothes on?

For improvement by the population and the government are the next issues:

Cock fighting is cruel and should be forbidden	dirty Manila Bay during a storm	brown-out is not funny and takes too much time	gambling and drinking is a big problem in the Philippines
	Housing of the poor	Slum areas where the very poor live	People are relocated by the government, but they keep on coming back

And a few others I found, worth showing you:

new generation Youth needs to be told about respect	noontime shows have almost naked women	flooded roads looks like fun, but is NOT
overcrowded hospitals	searching for plastics and other waste for recycling	and a really funny to close this series

There are many more pictures on the Internet, some nice and many with a critical tone. Judge for yourself.