PGE in the Media
Riza Rasco has traveled to 192 countries. Riza Rasco Counting Countries
Published: March 15, 2023
Riza Rasco is a well-known person in the extreme travel community. And I have crossed paths with her twice, once for breakfast in the North End of Boston and for the multi-day Extraordinary Travel Festival in Armenia. She is a prolific and immersive traveler who is only one country away from completing her quest.
Foreign travelers revel in Sulu’s beauty, rich culture
Published: March 14, 2023
The travel event “Project Sulu,” which was initiated by the Bangsamoro government and tourism offices, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine Global Explorers (PGE), aspires to make Sulu a top-of-mind tourist destination for its natural beauty and rich culture.
Sulu, Tawi-Tawi Promoted As Tourist Destinations
Published: March 13, 2023
The Philippine Global Explorers (PGE) – a Filipino global travel community – recently teamed up with the local government and tourism offices in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to promote Sulu and Tawi-Tawi as tourist destinations.
How to deal with travel snags like flight delays
Published: January 6, 2023
Sheena L. Shroff, vice president of business development of the Philippine Global Explorers, talks about things that can help manage travel inconveniences, plus how to respond during flight delays: 1) several hours ahead; 2) when you’re on the way to the airport; and 3) when you’re already at the check-in counter.
Lost your luggage at the airport? Here’s what to do
Published: January 5, 2023
Sheena L. Shroff, vice president of business development of Philippine Global Explorers, a travel non-profit, advises travelers to report lost luggage immediately, and not wait until they get home before doing so. She also talks about the importance of taking note of the details in one’s luggage tags.
Interviewing Riza Rasco (almost) without anything going wrong!! Fiji, Dec 2022
Published: December 14, 2022
It was a pleasure interviewing Riza Rasco who is only one country from visiting every country in the world!! She has some really good, and at times surprising answers, and the end of the interview will definitely surprise you!
Filipino travel club leads the way with world travel
Published: December 10, 2022
During the 1st Extraordinary Travel Festival conference hosted in Yerevan, Armenia last October 14-16, PGE had the largest delegation with 9 members attending this one-of-a-kind gathering of the world’s most traveled people.
Philippines’ most-renowned travelers to gather on Dec. 27
Published: December 04, 2022
MANILA, Philippines — Some of the most well-traveled Filipinos in the world are set to convene during the assembly of the Philippine Global Explorers (PGE) on Dec. 27.
The Favorites of Riza Rasco
Published: N/A
Riza Rasco is a Filipino traveler who has visited over 160 UN Countries. She founded Explore Africa for Impact and Co-founded Philippine Global Explorers.
77-year-old Becomes the First Filipino to Visit All Countries in the World
Published: September 01, 2022
Odette Aquitania Ricasa has become the first Filipino to visit all the countries in the world, touching down in Kurdistan, Iraq — the last country on her list — on Aug. 25.
77-year-old female author is First Filipino to travel to all the countries in the world
Published: August 30, 2022
At the age of 77, author Odette Aquitania Ricasa takes pride in finally achieving her dream to be the first Filipino to travel to all the countries in the world.
A 77-year-old woman is proud to be the first Filipino to travel to all countries in the world
Published: August 26, 2022
Odette Aquitania Ricasa (pic), aged 77, takes pride in having accomplished a feat that just a few of people in history have managed to do: See all 195 of the world’s countries.
Overseas Filipina traveler achieves milestone of visiting all 193 UN-recognized countries worldwide
Published: August 26, 2022
Odette Ricasa – who reached Kurdistan, Iraq, on August 25, 2022, achieved a unique milestone of visiting all 193 countries recognized by the United Nations (UN).
77-year-old woman becomes the first Filipino to visit every country in the world
Published: August 26, 2022
A 77-year-old woman became the first Filipino person to travel to all 195 countries in the world. Odette Aquitania Ricasa, who is based in Los Angeles landed in Kurdistan, Iraq, on Thursday, completing her journey to visit all of the countries in the world.
77-year-old woman becomes the first Filipino to visit every country in the world
Published: August 26, 2022
A 77-year-old woman became the first Filipino person to travel to all 195 countries in the world. Odette Aquitania Ricasa, who is based in Los Angeles landed in Kurdistan, Iraq, on Thursday, completing her journey to visit all of the countries in the world.
Finding Your Travel Superpower
Published: N/a
Riza shares her journey deep into the Matsés territory in the Amazon where she finds a connection with an indigenous family that has managed to preserve much of their culture and tradition.
Riza Rasco: Visit to over 80 countries in the pandemic—why?
Published: June 22, 2022
Dinner with the second most traveled Filipina and the most traveled man in the world only begins to make us understand the passion for discovery.
Destination: Venezuela
Published: March 5, 2022
Riza Rasco is co-founder of the Philippine Global Explorers, a nonprofit organization in the Philippines, and Explore Africa For Impact, a public benefit and social enterprise.
At the time of writing, Venezuela is accessible to certain nationalities — a tough country to visit.
Open countries, a traveller meeting and a book …
Published: August 05, 2020
Riza Rasco, one of the co-founders of Philippine Global Explorers, was featured in a June 8 article in National Geographic on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on world travel.
Intrepid Filipina traveler lands in Nat Geo.
Published: July 05, 2020
Riza Rasco, one of the co-founders of Philippine Global Explorers, was featured in a June 8 article in National Geographic on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on world travel.
They were on a quest to visit every country. Then coronavirus happened.
Published: June 08, 2020
The pandemic has brought the world’s most dedicated globetrotters to a screeching halt.
The League of Extraordinary Travelers—incredibly extraordinary
Published: September 08, 2019
From Sudan to Africa, from the biblical route to the path of Alexander the Great—they choose the road less traveled.
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