Nicole Mari Ventura

Take a look back as I remembered the long and tiring journey just to have this spectacular photo taken in Mount Pinatubo, Zambales Mountains, on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

📍 133 Beverly Hills Dr, Subd, Taytay, 1920 Rizal

April 7, 2024

With a mouth-watering dishes, cozy Filipino ambiance and a relaxing hymn of peaceful silence. A bee inspired café have been arise at Casa Mellifera, a cozy café based in Taytay Rizal that serves different dishes and snacks that will surely satisfies your taste buds. One of its unique products is the bibingka waffle, top with fragrant butter and side with hot chocolate dipping sauce, the tasty butter at the top of the soft waffle truly compliment with the dark sweet blend of its chocolate sauce. With the photo facing upward, the aesthetic bind of its table cloth truly blend with the delicious looking waffle that making it more delicious as it looks.

📍 SM Mall of Asia, Pasay, Metro Manila

April 9, 2024

Next is what would be the purpose of the appetizer without having the main course. As the next photo shown, the photo is presented on a very clean white quarts table this compliments the spaces and the colors of the food, that eventually makes it more appetizing. With its magnificent dishes, Tuan Tuan Kitchen is also famous for its dishes like Ramen, Katsu Curry, Gyudon, and Snow Buns. They are also known as a go-to place for the person who loves to jump their taste buds for having a Japanese cuisine.

📍 Daang Hari Road, Alabang West Parade, Las Piñas, 1750 Kalakhang Maynila

April 10, 2024

Finally, is when we talk about classics, classic dishes are very popular especially for those western countries with a very big influence on food the heart of the southies represents “Brotzeit”. Brotzeit serves an Authentic German Food & Beverages since 2006. In the photo, we have a Holzfaller Fruhstuck a breakfast of champions, Fladen Bayrischer Art a Bavarian style fladen, and Fladen Bayrischer Art a bavarian style fladen with a very generous portions of servings at Brotzeit, it is also an instagrammable and worth to feature at your social media accounts, but don’t forget to add their unique food menus at your sudden food travel list. At the very least, great food is a great life so get yourself ease and satisfy your cravings with these heavenly delicious goods. It is indeed that fondest memories are made gathered around the table.

Are you a first time traveler planning to travel around this year, as one of your bucket list? Are you a type of a person who loves or simply just wants to try different cuisine while traveling? Well, this is the opportunity that suits for you! And now, we feature the country’s heart and soul, the city of Manila. So what can we find out inside the city? Well, there is a lot of historical, instagrammable, and relaxing places inside the city.

And when I say a lot, what I totally meant is it really a lot. First stop, let’s nourished your mind and eyes with a bountiful of knowledge and artifact scenes at the National Museum of the Philippines, the thing I mean are the National Museums of Natural History, Fine Arts, and Anthropology that is located around Ermita Manila. If you are tired or somehow wants to take a rest and unwind, the most famous monument of our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, at the Luneta Park is a must place to go, it also located around near at the National Museum of Natural History, its Japanese and Chinese Gardens is a go-to place for picnics and unwinding, and I can literally rate it a 10 out of 10 for this beautiful places.

And we are not yet done, let’s go to the historical streets of Intramuros and made ourselves walk into the past. It has still a historical infrastructures and stories that are still standing nowadays such as the San Agustin Church, the Manila Cathedral, and the Fort Santiago. It will literally give you the Spanish vibes of gala, its instagrammable backgrounds are perfect for your social media postings.

For the best part of every travels, a nice comfort food and snacks are just around the corner of every streets of Manila, you name it from street foods, café shops, authentic Filipino, Chinese, and Japanese cuisines. If you want to try some Chinese foods and delicacies like their famous dumplings, mooncakes, noodles and etc. Chinatown at Binondo is just one jeepney ride away, and you may enjoy the taste of Chinese cuisines.

Spanish inspired ambiance cafés are just around the corner of Intramuros, every sip of the coffee of your choice will surely make your taste buds jump out of happiness. And now, if you crave for something more traditional, local street food vendors are side by side every streets and it will surely full not just your stomach, but also your eyes. And when the night time comes a walk at Binondo’s China town and city lights at Intramuros, will surely blow your Manila’s Travel experienced as it gives you the best ever city travels at the heart of our country’s capital.

Article Type: Food and Travel

Target Audience: First-Time Travelers

In recent years, there have been significant shifts in the travel trends. The once exclusive practice of tourism has evolved into a popular entertainment and tourism trend with affordable travel and a rich cultural heritage. The travel business has seen a significant transformation because to new technologies like digital platforms, which give visitors access to advice and recommendations from other travelers as well as locals.

For the past 5 years, here are some of the biggest travel trends in 2019 including the Regenerative Travel which are the challenges of sustainable tourism have drawn attention, which focuses on striking a balance between financial advantages and environmental and societal benefits. Secondly, the B-Leisure Trips which means leisure and business blends together became increasingly popular. While business travelers saw the in-flight experience as a means of leisure and time off, they also often viewed the airport as a nice place to work.

Micro-vacations, sometimes referred to as mini-vacations, have grown in popularity since 2019. These quick getaways provide travelers with instant happiness and relaxation, enabling them to make wonderful memories and depart with favorable impressions. The next one is the Insta-Holidays, travel planning in 2019 was greatly helped by Instagram, particularly for Gen Z travelers. Last but not the least travel trend for the past 5 years is the Wellness Travel, which describes travel experiences that seek to enhance and maintain health in a range of areas of human being, such as the physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.

For the next and possible travel trends that we expected, the first one is the Home Swapping, is a more cost-effective option to booking expensive hotels or Airbnbs when travel expenses keep rising. The second one is the Eco Diving, the Reef-World Foundation, a UK marine ecology nonprofit, discovered in 2022 that 95% of divers desired to make reservations with sustainable operators but found it difficult to do so.

Sports Tourism, the Olympic and Paralympic Games serve as the main event of the 2024 sporting calendar. The fourth is the Coolcationing that the year 2023 is declared the hottest on record. Family vacations are especially well-suited to cooler weather.  The last possible travel trend for the next 5 years is the Gig-Tripping that for many years, the main attractions at retreats were athletes and wellness experts. Taylor Swift is the main reason for the more than 50% increase in destination concert business, according to Janel Carnero, travel advisor at Embark Beyond.

Artificial Intelligence or also known as an "AI" has a lot of purpose that could bring a revolution in the travel sector by boosting consumer happiness and driving revenue development. Additionally, AI can be utilized to provide travelers with real-time information on traffic conditions, allowing them to make more informed decisions and reduce uncertainty in their travel plans.

Artificial Intelligence, a revolution in the air,

A force that's changing the travel sector with care.

It's all about consumer happiness, you see,

And driving revenue development, just wait and see.

With AI, the traveler's journey is improved,

From booking to destination, it's all smoothed.

Personalized recommendations, just in time,

Make every trip unique, sublime.

AI-driven data analysis, a powerful tool,

Helps hotels and airlines, make their rule.

They can predict demand, and adjust their rates,

Maximizing revenue, with no debate.

But that's not all, AI's got more in store,

It's also changing the way we explore.

With virtual tours, and augmented reality,

Travelers can experience, without any fear.

So, get ready for a future, of AI-powered travel,

A revolution that's, beyond compare.

It's time to embrace, this technological wave,

And let AI, be your travel guide, to the grave.

Amidst the bustling streets of a foreign land,

I find myself lost, with no guide in hand.

But fear not, for AI is near,

A traveler's best friend, always clear.

Its language translation skills, a marvel to behold,

Breaking down barriers, stories untold.

No longer lost in translation, I am free,

To immerse myself in cultures, wild and carefree.

With personalized recommendations, it leads the way,

Tailoring experiences to each passing day.

From food to sights, it knows what I desire,

With AI, your journey's sure to be a spree!