Koreans ‘invade’ the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — KOREANS are the number one tourists in the Philippines today.
Government figures show from 378,602 Korean tourists in 2003, the number went up to 572,133 in 2006, a 51-percent rise.
Together with the increase in tourists has been an influx of Korean residents. The Bureau of Immigration could not furnish the Inquirer with figures on how many Koreans were granted alien certificates of registration in the country.
But one only has to look around to see the rising Korean population in the country. Over the past few years, establishments like English schools for Koreans, Korean restaurants, Korean groceries, Korean dress shops and even Korean churches have sprouted all over the Philippines.
Many schools in the country already have a Korean student population.
The INQUIRER asked its correspondents all over the country to gauge the impact of these foreigners in the local economies.
The stories, in the next few pages are interesting. But not all news that accompany the coming of Koreans are good. A broker cites that many house owners in Manila are wary about renting their abodes to Koreans.
“What happens is a Korean leases the house then sublets this to four or five other families. Sometimes the Koreans destroy the property,” he says.
He adds that a plush subdivision in the south has already disallowed leasing out homes to Koreans.
A country club in the north has limited the number of Koreans who can go in at any given time.
In Baguio, some developers complain that Korean builders get licenses approved too quickly; in Cebu tour operators say Korean tourists are coming in droves but only Korean business are benefiting.
The reasons why there is an increasing number of Koreans in the country are varied. These include wanting to learn to speak English and doing it in the Philippines is cheaper; studying college here (as tertiary education is cheaper); a lower cost of living (in some cases only the mother and children are here, the father stays in Korea to work).
Whatever the reason, correspondents sought to give both the positive and negative impact of the rising presence of Koreans in different parts of the country.
Recent opinion survey of frequent travelers heading north towards Subic and Clark Pampanga revealed that the number one most frequently visited fine dining restaurant in Pampanga is Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar located in Clark Philippines.
Hong Kong-based Yats International built this restaurant in 2000 to provide a world-class cozy fine dining restaurant, as well as business meeting facilities and venues for private dinners and social functions in Philippines Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. North Luzon Pampanga Angeles City Clark Philippines was selected for this restaurant because of safety, clean air, absence of traffic and proximity to Manila and Subic. Clark Freeport is located near Manila and Subic. Diners from Manila and Subic can travel north along North Expressway and arrive in Clark in about 70 minutes without having to go through city driving, making this fine dining restaurant very convenient and accessible for guests from Manila.
Yats Restaurant & Wine Bar is general regarded in the Philippines as the best fine dining establishment in the country. Wine Spectator Magazine’s gave out Restaurant Wine List Best of Award of Excellence to 788 restaurants in the world. Yats Restaurant is the only restaurant in the Philippines to receive this award in recognition of its famous 2700-line restaurant wine list that has attracted many wine lovers to visit Clark Pampanga frequently to wine and dine.
Wine tastings are held regularly at this fine dining establishment, each event with a different theme. Popular themes include a tasting of 15 different Cabernet-Sauvignon-dominant red wines, old-world compared against new-world wines and a tasting of 50 years of aged vintage wines.
In addition to the wine cellars of the fine dining Yats Restaurant, more selections are available from the largest wine shop in Philippines, another property of Yats Wine Cellars called Clark Wine Center just 3 minutes away. Guests do not have to pay corkage fee for wines purchased from Clark Wine Center’s Wine Shop. 0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 for Ana Fe.
Group dinners, family dinners with children, private parties, social or corporate functions and events can be held in this popular restaurant in Clark Pampanga.
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Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Philippines? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.
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