Banaue Rice Terraces Ad Error at NAIA Goes Viral

via various sources, 15 July 2024: A Department of Tourism poster at NAIA mistakenly located the Banaue Rice Terraces in Benguet instead of Ifugao, sparking online ridicule. Archaeologist Stephen Acabado highlighted the error, leading to the poster’s removal. This incident recalls past DOT promotional mistakes. The Banaue Rice Terraces are a National Cultural Treasure in Ifugao, not Benguet.

A Department of Tourism poster promoting one of the Philippines’ most famous travel destinations has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

A billboard poster displayed at Terminal 4 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) invited the public to visit the Banaue Rice Terraces in Benguet.

But the world-renowned National Cultural Treasure is in the province of Ifugao.

In his report on 24 Oras on Monday, Nico Waje said archaeologist Stephen Acabado took notice of the error and decided to take a photograph which he shared on social media.

Source: Tourism poster with Banaue Rice Terraces in wrong province goes viral | GMA News Online

See also:

• Tourism department slammed over poster stating Ifugao’s Banaue Rice Terraces is in Benguet | PhilStarLife, 15 Jul 2024
• Banaue Rice Terraces in Benguet? DOT poster at NAIA taken down for error | Interaksyon, 15 Jul 2024