No personal experience of Tourist Visas, but I have a friend who managed successfully and quickly to get two consecutive Tourist Visas for a woman he met in the airport lounge at Dubai...
What was the recipe for his success?
She: have worked overseas for several years and made return trips to Phil.
He: be the MD of a largish international company; have a friend who lives in Phil and owns a villa on Boracay that high-ranking members of the British Embassy use...
So, if you can follow the same route, should be no problem
Otherwise, do like most of us poor oiks have to do and go down the Fiancee/Spouse route
