Philippine Department of Tourism - London Office

17/10/2026

Travelling to the Philippines soon? Here are 4 things to check on your list before you fly ✈️

🇵🇭 Fill out your eTravel registration: In the 72 hours before you fly, fill in your eTravel. It's free, it takes about 10 minutes, and you'll need that QR code to get in

🇵🇭 Check your passport: While your passport is out, check the date on it too. It needs six months left from the day you land, not the day you fly home.

🇵🇭 Have your onward ticket ready: Save your ticket home on your phone. UK visitors get 30 days without a visa, and the airline will want to see how you're leaving.

🇵🇭 Get an eSIM: Set up an eSIM before you leave home. That way your data works the moment you land.

📍 Save this now and tick it off before you fly, your future self will thank you

16/10/2026

Filipino artistry isn't something you buy in a gift shop, it's something inherited, hand to hand, region by region 🇵🇭

Long before the Philippines was a place you'd visit, it was something people made: bamboo woven into baskets so precise they need no nails, patterns tied into cloth to protect a home, wood carved into altars that still stand generations later, brass cast the way it was under the old Sultanates.

👇 Which craft would you love to partake in? Comment Below

11/10/2026

Christmas in the Philippines is not something you watch from the outside, it is something you step into 🎄

🇨🇷 In Pampanga, giant parols made from capiz shells light up the streets for the Giant Lantern Festival.

🇨🇷 In Manila, the Ayala Triangle turns into a field of lights and holiday music.

🇹🇭 In Tangub City, a small town builds its own Christmas display every single year.

🇨🇷 On Christmas Eve, families gather for Noche Buena, a feast of lechon, pancit, and sweet spaghetti.

This is Paskong Pinoy, and the only way to really understand it is to live it alongside the people who made it what it is.

Comment below which tradition would you want to experience first 👇

10/10/2026

There's more to experiencing the Philippines than the views and the food — it's in the customs you'll only find here. 🇵🇭

Neighbours once carried an entire house on their shoulders to help a family move; elders are greeted with a hand pressed gently to the forehead, and Christmas starts as early as September and runs all the way through to New Year.

👇 Is there a custom from your own culture as unique as this?

08/10/2026

Once a year, this river disappears under a thousand boats 🛶

Every September, the Naga River in Bicol becomes the stage for one of the most spectacular sights in the Philippines. A flower-lit pagoda glides downstream at the centre of a procession that stretches farther than you can see!

It's the Fluvial Procession, the closing moment of the Peñafrancia Festival — one of the biggest religious celebrations in the country.

👇Tag someone you'd want to attend the Peñafrancia Festival with!

03/10/2026

TOGETHER IN MOTION 🌏🎶

The official ASEAN 2026 song is here, and our tourism ambassadors, SB19, are the ones bringing it to life!

Learn more about the Philippines’ hosting of this year’s ASEAN by visiting asean2026.gov.ph

🎤 Performed by: SB19
🎼 Composer: Anya Lagman
🎹 Arranged by: Jimmy Antiporda and Louie Ocampo

11/09/2026

10/09/2026

In San Fernando, Pampanga, home of the Ligligan Parul, Christmas isn't just celebrated; it's engineered 🏮

It began with a lantern carried to guide worshippers to dawn Mass, and slowly grew into a friendly competition between neighbourhoods, each one determined to build something brighter than the last.

By the 1930s, electricity turned that rivalry into spectacle, with lanterns stretching over twenty feet tall, packed with thousands of bulbs and rigged to spin and pulse in time with a live brass band.

That century of craftsmanship, competition and community pride is exactly why this city, and no other in the country, carries the name Christmas Capital of the Philippines.

📍Tap the link in our bio to explore a christmas in the Philippines

07/09/2026

Christmas in the Philippines doesn't wait for December 🎄

By the time most of the world starts thinking about mince pies and mulled w**e, Filipinos have already been celebrating for three months.

September marks the start of the "Ber months" — September, October, November, December — the beginning of what's widely considered the longest Christmas season on Earth.

👇Could you handle four months of Christmas? Comment Below

03/09/2026

In the Philippines, Christmas does not wait for December 🎄

The moment September hits, the whole country flips a switch. Carols fill every mall, fairy lights go up on homes and streets, and the star shaped parol lanterns start glowing from windows and doorways. They call it the Ber months, September through December, and what follows is the longest Christmas season on earth.

- September 1st, the carols start and the decorations go up
- December 16 to 24, Simbang Gabi, nine dawn masses where families gather before sunrise
- January, the season officially ends at the Feast of the Santo Niño

Nearly five months of celebration, all kicked off by one song, Jose Mari Chan's Christmas in Our Hearts, which has become such a national tradition.

👇 Did you know Christmas started this early in the Philippines