The drone found off the shores of Masbate last Sunday is evidence that the Philippines is indeed the top tourist spot in 2013, Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said yesterday.
"Even unmanned aerial vehicles want to take a dive in our beautiful seas," he said, adding that the drone even swam all the way from a US naval exercise in Guam just to see the world-renowned coasts of Masbate.
The drone, an orange BQM-74E used for target practice, was first sighted in the Philippine Sea by fishermen who thought it was a powerful bomb or a rocket. They decided to tow it to the beach so the children and other villages could see it as well.
The incident has now become just the latest in a series of high-profile affirmations that Filipinos have convinced themselves with regarding the country's spot among the beautiful in the world.
Conde Nast Traveller magazine recently set the population on fire by putting the Philippines second among the top travel destinations in 2013.
Conde Nast Traveller is the best and most trusted travel magazine in the world, according to a poll in pinoypride.ph.
The drone didn't inspire fun and merrymaking among others. Renato Reyes Jr of the militant group Bayan called the discovery of the UAV a "violation of our national sovereignty."
"For now, it's just American drones visiting our country, but soon, it will be American troops, companies, investments, products, movies, abortion, fashion, atheists, and others," he said.
To safeguard against this, Reyes said his group is petitioning the House of Representatives to draft a bill that would declare US President Barack Obama persona non grata for his drone attacks. It would be be the third such proposal of the group since yesterday.
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