Transportation Management . Assess the current competitiveness of the Philippines in handling cruise operations in no more than five (5) sentences. Support your answer with a reference from any reliable source such as the Department of Tourism. Manila, Boracay, and Puerto Princesa are the focus of the Philippines' cruise strategy, as are possible additional destinations in the country's major island of Luzon. Salomague Port in Ilocos Sur province, which is set to open this month, will welcome Royal Caribbean Cruises Lid's largest ship in Asia in December; the "Spectrum of the Seas" will return in January and February. The economic effect of cruise tourism is multiplied and focused since it attracts huge numbers of passengers to concentrated regions for short periods of time. Government officials and executives from major cruise lines addressed the potential of including the Philippines in Asian itineraries beginning in 2020 at a recent trade event. The business sector has jumped on board with the infrastructure initiative. Enrique Razon, chairman of casino-resort operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp, said, "Cruise calls in Manila, and the Philippines in general, have been expanding pretty strongly." "We're looking at one cruise-ship facility in the north and maybe two in the south, in addition to Manila."