The truth about foreign vloggers in the Philippines exposed 🇵🇭 

100%correct! We Filipinos love our country so much that we support anyone who comes and promote our country but once they live, we stop following them 😁

Back in 2008 when I was still in 3rd year, I asked my high school teacher in Social Studies why The Philippines need to study the English language while they don't have to speak and learn the Filipino language. As an inquisitive one, I find it unfair but my teacher answered me: "most likely because we are not that too important as of the moment but who knows in the future, they will study ours too", then Harvard University is now offering Tagalog courses. The moment I read that few days ago in the headlines, I felt like I was transported in the year 2008, at around 3pm inside the warm and humid environment of our classroom. My point is, whatever reasons you guys have as vloggers featuring the Philippines, the law of reciprocity applies here regardless of the reasons like 'pinoy baiting', after all, I also studied copywriting skills which means I understand why you guys used strong words on your captions. If featuring our country will bring back tourism here and gives you livelihood in return, then I am glad we are offering you a ticket out of the rat race 😄

Jasper, as long as bloggers show anything about our island, guarantee that Filipinos all over the world will be watching. Showing province life, eating local foods and many more will be viewed by filipinos abroad, because it takes away their homesickness. your channel helps the economy of the Philippines, due to the influx of tourists, visitors or escape from a stressful life in western countries. So, whatever subject bloggers that interest viewers, attract many. Thanks for loving what you do. Promoting Philippines to the world is the key to success there. Stay safe and keep up the good work. God bless

Very well said. You may also add the reason is that most Filipinos understand English as compared to other Asian countries

Yes, you really hit the nail on its head. I watch those RU-vidrs who feature the Phils. Many Pinoys are out of the country, so we need to be informed on what’s going on with the beloved Pinas. Why would Pinoys follow up a youtuber who features other countries unless this Pinoy plans to visit that country? Just continue what you’re doing. You may need to feature/insert a content that’s not your norm. Example: Try to feature one place outside of BGC or Boracay, say, Mindanao island. You may add viewers! Take the risk. You’re just funny and real. You make me giggle with your comments.

I am with you Bruh. It is 100 % true. Most foreigners capitalized our filipinos netizens who are active in SOCMED. I like your honesty Bruh. Filipinos love honest and straight forward person. Keep it up and God bless.

I appreciate your honesty. I sometimes think that some foreign vloggers are just using The Philippines for clicks.

It does not really matter whether it is only to gain more subscribers but ...in the end it helps the Philippines too to be a place to be. The kindness and the hospitality of the Philippines can never be beaten...it is natural and it is part of the Culture......Hope we never will lose that genuine acceptance of foreigners to come and visit. WELCOME all....Respect is all we want.....

exactly. I’ve watched a lot of foreigner vloggers in the Philippines from my couch in Seattle. but you’re the first & only vlogger who openly say that the Philippines is the real star FOR A WHILEEE 💪😎🇵🇭

This video is spot on dude! Jasper my theory to this, majority of us here can't afford to even see the beautiful islands of the Philippines. Imagine not travelling and seeing your own country. The travel vloggers give entertainment for us to see these places and probably make us save for these trips. But some of us are already learning if some people are already just taking advantage of the situation. More power dude!

You are so right, that most of your viewers are Filipinos globally. Because your blogging, about the Philippines. I myself is a FilAm but nobody cares about what I Vlog. And I’m not white. Anyway thank you, for making Uptown Bonefacio as your base in the Philippines. It’s makes me get excited because the condo your staying, One Uptown Residence I believe. I have more than 5 clients that bought a unit there.

I liked your real talk. That's what we called "Pinoy Baiting" since 2017. Well as a Filipino/Filipina or Pinoy/Pinay I don't mind vloggers love to talk about the Philippines or stay in the Philippines, because Filipinos who are away from the Philippines love to see whats happening there.

I agree with you jasper... So many foreign vloggers now flocked in the philippinesand i think one of you mentioning is this two young american guy "trifate lifestyle" whose been here since last year and when they are came here for the first time the subscribers in their channel was to low and for the 6 months they stay here they got boom numbers of their subscribers....until now they are here and they almost 90k subscribers already...and guess what fter they reached 100k subscribers i bet they flew away 😝 philippines is a stepping stone to attract subscribers

I agree with you! Thank you for your honest opinion! I am a Filipna here in the US and i do appreciate you all promoting my home country by subscribing your channels. ❤

I'm #OFWJORDAN 🇵🇭🇯🇴 I'm only watching who promote my country because we missed a lots way back home 🏡 and also the progress from our government 😊❤

we support the vloggers specialy foreign vloggers cuz they help the tourism in the Philippines.

👍 u r right. many foreign bloggers with only few subscribers just went here to earn thousands of subs.and when they think they had more than enough then it's good riddance PH. But it's just fine as long as they enjoyed their stay and somehow help our country by their simple promotions about our tourism industry. And..l hope they (most especially those foreign men) do not exploit our Filipino women. Take care. God bless. . 🤗

Even dark-skinned vloggers get views as long as they talk about the Philippines. So this phenomenon of foreign vloggers getting views is not exclusive to white vloggers. Filipinos love to watch anything that is related to the Philippines. The problem with getting the Filipino viewers is that the Filipino viewers will drop the vlogger once he leaves the Philippines. Stay in the Philippines and you will get your views. Leave the Philippines and those viewers will be gone.

👏 👏 👏 bravo You are absolutely right. I did noticed it upon watching vloggers about my country even in just few months. Thanks for being that honest. I hope it will do good to my country and not to take advantage of my poor, loving and some innocent countryman.

1st time viewer here: Appreciate your honest comment.. Would be better if you pan slower for us to appreciate the view better.. Even better if there's less of back & forth panning of the camera.. Glad you like it here.

I do agree on that point that its not the content creator that is the star, that infact its actually The Philippines. Thank you for appreciating our country. Filipinos will surely back you up your channel, growth is already seen on your number of subscribers and views already tho you really didnt plan that much to be a youtuber but you manage to do soo, congrats and again thank you

Yeah I agree with you Jasper many people outside vlog here in the Philippines because of financial reasons but yeah the Philippines is big it's the star tell it like it is.

PH is the social media capital of the world. Everybody speaks, writes and understands english. There are 4M overseas filipinos worldwide and most of them have never been to the country for years and want to see how the country looks like and that's where views and subscription arise. Thai people only subscribe to local Thai vloggers because most of them can't understand english. We only watch them while they are still here travelling because most of us can't afford to travel but once they move to another country, we can't relate since we can't travel to those places. There are some vloggers moving here for good. One even became Filipino citizen, some have resident permits or green cards like in the US. Some move to the paradise island of siargao.

I'm an OFW based in Dubai soon to move with family living in Hawaii and we love watching westerners coming to our country to see their experience and to see some islands that we've never experience before because of nostalgia I guess, also we love watching the improvements of our country such as new roads, subway, new reclamation land in Manila Bay, new Airport, bridges these kind of stuff.

Your channel keeps it real, short and sweet. And nice views of the beaches. It would be funny if let’s say tomorrow you post a tourist vlog of armenia for a few days without notice, then morroco, then next week you’re chilling in the northernmost province of the Philippines. Surprise! Im back! 😂

You're 100% correct!!! that's why they're here because they can't have any viewers in thailand or in cambodia or other asian countries because of the language barrier

good side of that is they are still promoting the Philippines...i think it is just fine...

You are right, we Filipinos are the most active social media users and even other online platforms, that is why our digital economy is growing and flourishing.

The thoughts you had is actually true.. myself is a Filipina but noticed a lot of foreigners doing vlogs about the Philippines becomes a hit on RU-vid. We actually love to support people who acknowledge our simple humble country specially about our hospitality, culture and daily living or work in arts.. skills and talents..(giving a cue of your next content just in case...)

THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THE CULTURE AND HOSPITALITY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭.

well the reason we really patronize Philippines videos from foreign Vloggers is that we are Happy that you guys go to that places and experience the local environment. We as Filipinos are very proud that you visit that certain place and share your perspective and opinions. In other hand I don't know there's such a thing like take for "granted" if its a local Vlogger will do certain Vlogs, and visit the places or try foods.. its like ohhhhh you know it already we've been there also before... you know that kind of feelings. 😄

You are right! I noticed that because if you compare their previous videos views, they views boosted when they are in the ph

I like the honesty and candidness. Way to go man. Wish I could travel to all beautiful spots in the Philippines soon.

Dude, there are about 10mn Filipinos living outside of the PHLS be they OFWs or legal immigrants who are very much interested in watching foreign vloggers promote the PHLs (as you said, we are living vicariously through these folks). So, it is not in the realm of impossibility that these vloggers' views explode while filming in the Philippines. Let's face it, the monetary benefits are huge both for the vloggers and Philippine tourism! It is really a win-win for everyone! Thanks for unabashedly touting the beauty of the Philippines and its women! You are dope!

This is real talk, I just subscribed your channel 2 days ago. As showing support to your channel I dont skip any advertisement that pop up on your video. thank you for promoting my country.

The reason why I follow foreign vloggers is that it's some kind of gratitude for them for promoting the Phils. They earn from views and the Phils. earn from tourism and it's beneficial for both. But when they leave the Phils. I must admit that my interest wanes because my reason for following them is all about how they react to the Phils. culture and tourist spots.

they say its pinoy click bait.. well it does not matter.. many pinoy especially OFW misses their home.. so they watched great places from philippines to help cope up home sick, also where to travel with family when they get home. also a lot of filipinos such myself does not have much income. so viewing my own country via your channel.. helps us learn more our country. Also A lot of tourists or vloggers promoting our country. also spend their dollar to the country which helps the economy.. So I say its a win win for both of us....

You got it right dude! Just keep on posting it gradually grows👍💪💪

Love the "do what you can to give back to this country: tip, do a give-away..." part. Appreciate for keeping it real, man.

Any vlog focusing on PH, esp. about its beauty & goodness, is a reaffirmation of what we already know but was denied from us by MSMs and our fellow Filipinos. We've been bombarded for life about how ugly this nation is, about how corrupt the people are, about how poor we are. Filipinos working abroad would always return bringing with them, not just pasalubong of soaps & chocolates, but also negative views of their own country. "In my America, we are more efficient." "In Japan, people are respectful and honest." "We are better off in Europe, Pinoys have no manners." "What? Your ambition is to live and die in this country? You must be stupid!" Seeing our nation in the lens of foreigners helps us relive our patriotism. There is only one nation and one people I will fight for, it's the Philippines & the Filipinos (natural & those who love my nation for what it is, not just for views). Thanks to foreign vloggers who helped us find this spirit again.

AGREED!!! The Philippines is the star!!!🤩

Yasss! Promote my motherland, and you have my 100% support! 😁😂🤣

Thank you for your receptive perspective and telling the "TRUTH" of what's behind the You Tubers vlogging in the Philippines. I've noticed this for such a long time, as well and planning to put a book together regarding this whole scenario. I have so many thoughts about this. I am so proud of you for being open and putting this out there. I commend you for that.

You speak your mind man, its ok but you cannot change the fact that Filipinos are unique in every way, we appreciate simple things and yes this is our time to shine, and this will go on into the future, thanks to all vloggers coming in and out whatever your purpose you are promoting our country and that is good for us...

Filipina watching from the UK. Trully Philippines is the star ! 👍👍

VANESSA HUDGENS is now the Tourism Ambassador for the Philippines ! Vanessa hudgens is a Hollywood actress and shes half Filipino.

At last, found a channel that says it as it is, honest to goodness FACTS. I've also noticed a lot of foreigners doing BGC or Boracay/Cebu vlogs. And they do get a LOT of subs and views instantly. I see the same trend with "reactiion" videos where they react to local singers like Morisette, Katrina Velarde, etc. That's a good thing, coz it's a wind-win situation for PH and vloggers. Keep it coming Jasper, and have a good time in PH :)

I think some vloggers analyze this and pointed out it's not that Malaysia, or Thailand or other countries doesn't have viewers it's just that they don't use English, their RU-vid Homepage is written in their native language so it's gonna be hard to be on frontpage or in recommend if ur title or the video itself is in English

I hope these vloggers will remain respectful to our country and help the less fortunate not only themselves!!

I’m with you jasper, I knew long time ago about vlogger in RU-vid. Most of this vloggers have motives or to make money. I used to subscribe especially the new one. I noticed that some are using the pilipino subscribers. But pilipinos are kind and happy we supported most of the vloggers. Some of those who chose to stay in Philippines for any reason. One is they became big earner in RU-vid and become rich in Philippines due to dollar accounts of RU-vid exchange rate is high. I just hope those vloggers that make money should give back to the community where the stay. A lot of locals are poor and just trying to make the end and to have 3 meals a day. I like your channel and vlog you are honest and what you said are true Good luck and enjoy your stay and stay safe. Pilipinos are nice people but I can’t speak to everybody. There’s some bad apples too. Thanks

TRUE!

Very interesting observation. It seems like the Philippines is the commodity of these vloggers coming from different parts of the world. Whether it's positive or negative info about the Philippines, it still promotes the Philippines. Thank you for making this vlog, and I appreciate it. Good luck and more power. Greetings from Long Beach, CA!

I agree with @Jasper, he nailed it and he is being honest, thanks for expose. I don't sub those channels with Pinoy CLICK BAITS. I hope this vlog will be watched by Millons of Filipinos and be enlightened. Fil-Am here watching from Philadelphia.

Love this content. Real talk. I think what makes Filipinos major consumers of Social media is because we love and support any kind of content specially when its related to our culture, our food, lifestyle, country etc. above all we are innately (Marites). Im sure you will understand the definition of Marites the deeper you observe Filipinos in general. More power to you bro! 😁.... do try reaction videos as well to expand your content.

Yes, good to hear from you Justins, there are so many more places to explore Philippines and would nice to hear from the places you visited, enjoy the scenery of our country.

Filipinos are big consumers of digital contents. With more than 100m population, Philippines is a massive market. Even big media corporations have shifted their strategy and started producing digital contents to get a slice of the market and that advertising money. In addition, it's easier for foreign independent digital creators to produce contents for Filipinos because everyone understands and speaks English here.

Jasper u said it right.. Filipino are very supportive on bloggers who are promoting our country Philippines to boats our torism industry.. We Filipino are very friendly people to foriegn good bloggers..

Many Filipino OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) in other countries watch and subscribe because they miss their country. Many foreign vloggers come to the Philippines to raise their subscribers and leave subsequently after few months. Filipinos know this and they enjoy your videos.

I think your honesty hooked me to subscribe your channel. I loved your honesty. Isn't it??? Ntw, where's your face? Hahahaha nice dudz. I subscribed qlready. Hahaha

You are very correct. Let’s just say that we Filipinos have learned how to really use social media to our advantage in every way. Well that’s apart of course from the fact that we really enjoy watching vlogs about the Philippines and about our artists and kababayans. And we are genuinely supportive to all kinds of people. Both sides benefit - the vloggers gain subscribers and earn money, while the Philippines gets known worldwide very fast without spending any pesos. And yes, you have a good observation about channels getting fluctuating support depending on whether they are featuring anything about the Philippines or not. On the other hand, as soon as watchers from anywhere in the world learn about the Philippines, the attraction rarely dies. It’s a very healthy, cost-free, wide-reaching, and speedy “marketing” strategy for us.

Good content. Perhaps you made it, to say out loud what others are noticing about these foreign vloggers. And it's pretty amazing that you include yourself too. An example would be 2 guys from small town America who decided to live in the Philippines and use it as their home base to travel SEA and more so to explore the entire Philippine islands. Yet after 6+ months living in the Philippines, the majority of their content is walking through malls!! WTF! And unfortunately Filipinos are buying what they're selling. I think Filipinos deserve to be better represented. Malls are less than 5% of what Philippines have to offer.

I only watched vloggers when it's about the Philippines/Filipino's.❤

I remember a few years ago a RU-vid vlogger channel Finding Tom had a similar observation. I think he titled it 'Pinoy Clickbait' and he was bemoaning how foreign vloggers would make mediocre videos about PH just to make some easy money and spike up their channel views. Well what came out of my mind after viewing his video is a paraphrase of an English saying: ::There's always a (Pinoy) sucker born every minute..." Your video speaks fact though. Thanks for your honesty.

Hey dude! you nailed it!! the philippines.....a milking cow for a lot of foreign vloggers!!

Your perspectives are funny but true! All we want from foreigners are respect our laws/country/people and you can live happily ever after!😁👍👏🇵🇭

Whether they are fond or not of the Philippines. The Filipinos will love those vloggers because it's a natural thing to do by Filipinos. They are hospitable and happy people. I love the Philippines

Great messaging, and telling the truth about all angles of the Philippines and vloggers and expats. I would like to visit often the Philippines, but I would love to live in Vietnam or Thailand or Malaysia. I think they would suit my life style better in many ways. 😅

The reason why Filipino understand English very well compared to other countries.and people very supportive every aspect you do in here Philippines

Yes yes yes ,,, that is very true , we are in abroad and when we watch the bloggers in the Philippines we are so happy 😂😂😂❤

I just hope that all these people are sincerely like living there and not just for the views and subscriptions. I think we are the only country in the whole world that caters so much for foreigners

WE APPRECIATE FOREIGN VLOGGERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OUR COUNTRY WHETHER THEIR CONTENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT OR INTERESTING AT ALL BECAUSE WE FILIPINOS HAVE A HEART OF GOLD ( I mean we love people who appreciate or interested who are giving us kindness or promoting our country whether they're GENUINE ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING ). WE are soft-hearted people...but, once we were not happy with their CONTENT ABOUT US...WE WILL NOT FOLLOW THEM ANY LONGER...Just give & take...Show some appreciation to us Filipinos & to our Country - WE FILIPINOS will give you back our support too. Mabuhay & WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES & ENJOY YOUR STAY. RESPECT AND COMPASSION ARE WHAT WE NEED TO GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER...Take care & God bless to you all.

8.54k grats and it's growing 😮

While I agree with most of what's already been commented, particularly about the audience as a result of the Filipino diaspora (and the locals like myself), I also agree that many do come here for the views. Such as one I am reminded of that never seem to have "gotten [their channel] off" after years in Thailand (their claim not mine), kind of disses other vloggers who chose to come here (a turn off, if you ask me-this is a free country after all) and later, themselves fly in perhaps check out what the hoopla is all about; yeah, the Philippines was probably farthest from their agenda, if at all, and suddenly catapults their subscribers and views with occasional link bait titles (not to mention attaching themselves to-maybe seeking out?-the popular vloggers on the side). However, it's not hard to miss that the Filipinos are a welcoming people in general, especially to visitors who they sense are genuine and come here with open hearts and minds. At the end of the day, the Philippines wins as you rightly say. To you and your viewers, keep safe wherever you are or find yourselves in.

Wow thanks so much indeed mylovely Jasper!!😘💕 That's 100% truth what U said about the Philippines!! 👍💯🇵🇭

the smartest vlogger who visited the philippines! no sugar coat just reality. you're truly an awesome guy! we know that others are just here for fame, trend, video views, subs, whatever... still a good thing to promote tourism

We filipinos are the one very active in any social media platform before we are branded texting capital of the world up to this day china india they have billion population Philippines is one hundred ten million people as compared to this two countries but when it comes to social media presence they are no match to filipinos thanks Jasper for your insight im a Filipino the place you've shown in your vlog BGC so familiar to me including Makati because i used to work before in makati which is walking distance to BGC thank you Bro for the positive feed back to our country.

Don't worry about anyone else, you do you. I am planning on moving there in about 3 years. Currently I am watching as many channels as possible to gather information. If those channels that do not provide value, they will fall by the wayside. So just keep providing good information, I just recently found your channel, as you said there are a lot of channels out there.

i totally agree...i also noticed that trend but ..what the heck....its all good...as long as the country is being promoted for more tourism...its all good 😂😂😂

You are doing a very real talk sir. I also noticed everything you said. Most of the foreign vloggers are just exploiting the Filipinos to catapult their channel . That’s why I stopped watching such contents.❤❤❤ thank you for doing this sir.

True, their here for the money and viewers

Well Jasper, you said it like it is but that's what we are. We get excited when we see foreigners vlogging about the Philippines so we support them - it's a win win for them and the Philippines tourism plus we get to "live" it while watching those vloggers showcase the different places in our country, which we miss a lot specially when we have been away for so long. Let them come and do their thing to gain subs and viewers. I bet you that's one of the reasons why you came too, right? Now let's be honest 😉

I'm agree about your observation about the foreign vloggers thank you for promoting our country

More than the Philippines having the most loyal fanbases, 12 million Filipinos live abroad. If you can tap both the local and foreign based Filipinos with your content, that means top dollars! I forgot to mention, ad rates from where these foreign based Filipinos are watching are significantly higher than rates in the Philippines and thats a big plus!

LOL. Yup you're darn right. You hit the nail squarely on the head. It's been said the foreign vloggers found out that vlogging in the Philippines got them more hits and subscribers, ergo more RU-vid income. Even I am surprised why a lot of Filipinos love to watch social media videos of foreigners doing Philippine vlogs and its just a fact of life that we love to see the Philippines in the perspective of a foreign eye.

Appreciate your being candid and honest about our contry. Welcome to ph Jasper.

You gain 800K plus views jasper ! I jus checked your About .. Wow! Its close to a million .. happy for you jasper pogi😉

Very true! I feel that some bloggers are using Philippines to gain likes and views! Thank you for posting that…

At the end of the day, it’s still a win win situation. But, we still recognize when youtubers are not genuine or sincere about their love for our country. 🙂

Filipinos are all over the world and they are the number one viewer of RU-vid relating to anything Philippines. Why? Because they are home sick or missing the Philippines.

Reminds me of a travel vlogger who posted a video recently who was bemoaning the fact that they lost “fans” because they moved on to a different country. What they failed to realise was that a lot of their subscribers were Filipinos who were only really interested in seeing more of our own country for various reasons. You hit the nail on the head there that the big numbers were less because they were a great travel vlogger and more because they were in the Philippines.

you nailed it! that "I cant believe this is... " thing really a common title with these foreign vloggers. some of them even can afford to buy a condo with just vloggjng here in the Philippines.

Let's give this man more views ❤💯no skip adds

Congratulations Jasper! You have exceeded the 11,000 and growing. I am now a subscriber. Thank you for your diligence and honesty and of course, by making BGC your home. I'd like it to be my home too. Perhaps, someday, after I sell my place in Spain. Cheers!

I don't normally comment on vlogs but I feel compelled on this one. Vlogging is work. There's a ton of time and effort invested in it, not to mention the money spent on the gadgets being used. So if the creator is making money out of it I don't have a problem with it. If the content is something I would be interested in checking out I'll watch it. It's not a secret that foreign vloggers are making money in the Philippines. It's given. My hope is for them to take their craft to a higher level and be able to create better videos. Good observation, though. Keep safe😊

You're absolutely right... we're a population of a 100 million plus RU-vid fans...

That's so very true! Pilipino are so fondly of all vloggers that are making their concept about the Philippines. Scenery, Food, Hospitality, Beaches, Hobbies & etc. Anything about our country that we loved so much. We are not perfect & so develop country but we enjoy life in any way & have fun with family. And when vloggers are showing the beautiful Philippines to the world. We love and appreciate those complimentary. And once you leave our country the support will definitely banished as well. That's Pilipino way. 😊

Hi Jasper i'm your new subscriber. I really love my country the Philippines and in fact i subscribe to you including those other foreign vloggers because of their interesting positive views about our country and truly I am amaze the way they promote our many beautiful places. You hit the nail dude because i had notice that many of those foreign vloggers had no really deep interest in our country and maybe the reason why they came here is to prop up their vlogs that many of them had been already vlogging for quite some time in many other countries and yet had that insignificant viewers and subscribers so to speak. After spending 3-4 months and they already have more viewers they eventually exited our country . But in fairnes there are many other foreigners like The Eight Miles from Home, Kumander Daot, Becoming Filipino, The guy from Texas, Tal in Siargao and many others that really had develop deep love to our country and had shown their loyalty to our place thick and thin they had endured even some pains and desperations even during calamities like typhoons and among others they are the exceptions.

I always support any foreign vloggers, appreciate their effort ❤❤❤ no matter their reason=)

For me Jasper u did a great real talk. U are one of the stars now here in the Philippines. Keep more posts🤗

I'm more interested to foreign vloggers who features the beauty and hospitality of the Philippines.