Manila, Philippines – Criticisms have been thrown at the Department of Tourism (DOT) on its recently launched new tourism slogan “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” alongside with its new logo which apparently has striking similarity with Poland’s tourism campaign, Polska.
DOT Secretary Alberto Lim, in an interview with ABS-CBN News, admitted that there were some similarities with the “Polska” logo. “There are similarities, pero sa pagkakaalam ko… sa atin mas makulay (as far as I know, ours is more colorful),” Lim said.
While this controversy may already have risked our integrity, we and the government are both responsible in recovering such loss. It’s better to give emphasis on improving and strengthening things that are already in placed rather than to introduce a new one but lacks originality. We have to brand our country with uniqueness and much pride so as to gain the same pride and dignity.
Can we stick with the “WOW Philippines”?
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i like wow philippines way better than this new one. Looks like Dora the explorer.
and its obviously a copycat =)
i agree, they should stick now to WOW Philippines!
it specialist ka nga ba para sabihin mong copycat yan?
hahaha… halata namang dyan kinuha inspirasyon pero problema bayon? karamihan kung di man lahat ng gumagawa ng logo me pinagkukunan ng idea. anu kaba? ksp
alam ko na! ‘ginataang tarsier ang gustong ipromote sa logo na yan.
pwede! may coconut milk from coconut tree!
yeah right, why not stick with WOW Philippines, it simply says that we really have something to be proud of. WOW! pero masarap siguro ang ginataang tarsier ni busyok!
they should’ve just held a slogan contest and made a poll on the best one to use.
narinig ko ang explanation ni Lim kanina and i was not impressed. This is an obvious copycat, kakainis lang na ipinagtatanggol pa e kahit grade one mahahalata ang pagkakapareho. hmp. baket laging may palpak sa admin ni noynoy?
wow philippines is also way better than this because as gordon, who initiated the wow philippines campaign said, pag sinabi mong wow, kahit anong nationality maiintindihan nila yun. e yung ngayon, pilit, may explanation chenes pa. sus. hehe di naman ako galit niyan 🙂
tama! WOW!! sabi nga din, if its not broken (the WOWPhilippines) bakit kailangan i fix or palitan! ^^
buti hindi nila sinabi na ang Poland ang nangopya! hihihihi
ang layo naman eh…pinetree sa kanila..niyog sa atin…bundok sa kanila..araw sa atin…ahahahaha
hays naubusan ng idea ang gumawa nyan malamang!!!
“PH Cares” na lang 🙂
e wow nga gusto nyo me nangyayari ba? ilang taon na yang wow nayan wala namang talab! tanga lang ang nagsasabi na me plagiarism dito. minsan kelangan subukin pukawin ang curiosity ng tao. nature ng tao na maghanap ng bago… e luma na yang wow tapos wala namang napa wow. anu ba kayo!
bakit di nalang “pilipinas nakakahiya” ilagay nya kung ganun? kopyang kopya talaga
pilipinas kay ganda…kaya ganda nga ng pagkakupya pati character ng fonts pariho,ang ganda din ng nagastos 5million di ba ang ganda…..
i agree to kaye bakit pa kailangan palitan eh maganda namn ung logo na “WOW Philippines” anywhere in the world maiintindihan ung “WOW Philippines” hindi mo na kailangan ng translation… sana ung ginastos nila sa pag gawa at pag promote ng bagong logo inilagay nalang nila sa ads kung pano nila maipapakita ung ganda ng Pilipinas. Maganda ang Pilipinas hindi mahirap ibenta sa mga dayuhan dahil halos lahat ng magagandang tourist spots nasa bansa na natin. Sana sasusunod pag isipan munang mabuti bago mag labas ng pera hindi biro ung Php4.8 Milyong pera na ginagastos, marami ng mahihirap na Filipino ang mapapakain ng halaga na yan. Tumulong tyo sa Bansa natin ng tapat at hindi ung puro pa pogi lang kawawa si Pnoy sya ang tinatamaan sa lahat ng kapalpakan ng kapwa Pinoy…