A Month Long Shopping Sale Experience Is Happening This March

Get ready your wallet folks! The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced the first-ever Philippine nationwide shopping sale.

The 2020 Philippine Shopping Festival will run from March 1 to 31 in partnership with malls and associations in the country nationwide in the following areas: 

• Metro Manila
• Agusan Del Norte
• Antique
• Bacolod
• Baguio
• Bataan
• Bicol
• Bukidnon
• Bulacan
• Butuan City
• Cagayan De Oro
• Cagayan Valley
• CALABARZON
• Camarines Sur
• Capiz
• Cebu
• Davao
• Ilocos Norte
• Iloilo
• Lanao Del Norte
• Legazpi City in Albay
• Leyte
• Misamis Oriental
• Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Nueva Ecija
• Palawan
• Pampanga
• Pangasinan
• South Cotabato (General Santos City),
• Zambales (Olongapo City)

The following malls, business associations and airlines are participating in the shopping festival:

Malls

Araneta Group

Ayala Land Malls, Inc.

Duty Free Philippine Corporation

Filinvest Land Inc.

Greenfield Development Corporation

Vista Malls

Megaworld Corporation

Ortigas Land

Power Plant Mall

Robinsons Land Corporation

Rustan Commercial Corporation

Shangri-La Plaza Corporation

SM Supermalls, and Stores Specialists, Inc.

Associations

Hotel Sales and Marketing Association

Philippine Franchise Association

Philippine Owners Association Inc.

Philippine Retailers Association

Philippine Tour Operators Association

Philippine Travel Agencies Association

Tourism Congress of the Philippines

Airlines

Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific Air

Air Asia

Air Carriers Association of the Philippines

Among the great shopping experiences expected during the long run shopping sale are the 15% to 70% discounts on different kinds of Philippine-made products, including food and dining; jewelry and fashion; crafts, furniture, decors and more. Travelers can also avail affordable airfares and cheaper hotel accommodations.

“This ambitious project, designed to increase tourism expenditure in the country, would not have been possible without the full support and cooperation of the nation’s mall operators, retailers, franchise holders, hotel and tour operators, and travel agencies,” said Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo -Puyat.