MyMetroManila application contains a wide list of eating venues, both well established and high-class as well as simple food stalls and homes turned into restaurants.
Besides, the application features specialty dishes in different parts of Metro Manila and suggests the best venues to taste them. For instance, Taguig City is mentioned as the destination to try the Inutak, a rice pudding topped with ube and baked over charcoal fire; Pateros offers the tastiest Kalderetang Itik, a stew made with duck meat and liver spread; Mandaluyong City dishes out the popular Chinese-style honey-cured ham in sugar amber coating.
The DOT said similar applications covering other regions are on the pipe, too.
According to the DOT, the application will encourage both foreign and domestic tourists spend more time in NCR. At the moment the majority of tourists eye Manila as a connecting hub hence the average duration of stay in Manila is only 1.71. The goal is to raise it to 2.5 nights.
The MyMetroManila application is available via Google Play.
Mobile App to Promote Food Tourism in Metro Manila
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As part of the initiative to promote food tourism in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Philippines' Department of Tourism's (DOT) has recently launched a new mobile application that helps visitors get acquainted with the most iconic dishes in Metro Manila.