Gov't to improve airport for more tourists next year: Official

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The government is doing significant improvements in the country's major airport as more tourists are expected to visit the country next year, a senior government official said today.

Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte cited the ongoing rehabilitation work at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1.

"We expect significant improvement because apart from the fact that we continue to invite more tourists, more visitors to our country, we will have really more visitors next year because we are hosting APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)," she said over a state-run radio station.

She also cited Manila's hosting of the Madrid Fusion, an international culinary event, in April 2015.

The Philippine Department of Tourism is targeting 6.8 million foreign tourist arrivals for this year and as much as 10 million in 2015.