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The Department of Tourism (DOT) has released P4.4 million to Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province, to boost its tourism industry. DOT Undersecretary Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar said the grant is for Isabela City’s project Tourism Short Courses as Opportunities for People Empowerment (TSCOPE) Claudio Ramos II, Isabela City tourism officer, said the TSCOPE is […]
The vaccination status of tourism workers – both under the A1 and A4 priority health group – in the National Capital Region (NCR) has reached 95 percent, a development foreseen to increase recovery prospects for the local tourism scene. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat reported that a total of 27,708 tourism frontliners out of 29,066 have […]
While it has greatly affected the local tourism industry, the ongoing pandemic should not be an excuse for not pursuing sustainability, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said during the virtual recognition of Women Champions of Sustainability hosted by The Conrad Manila. Romulo-Puyat added that sustainability, in fact, is critical in establishing the tourism industry of the […]
The Department of Tourism’s vaccination program for tourism workers continued with the vaccine rollout of 2,000 anti-COVID doses covering both first and second dose of 1,000 active tourism frontliners at the city of San Fernando, Pampanga. The Department’s Region 3 office and the provincial government of Pampanga partnered with SM Pampanga to conduct the vaccine rollout, […]
More than 70% of tourism frontliners in Metro Manila working in DOT-accredited quarantine facilities, isolation facilities, multiple-use hotels, and staycation hotels, under the A1 and A4 vaccination groups have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat reported. A total of 19,315 out of 26,745 or 72% of tourism frontliners from the 16 cities and […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) will host a virtual job fair series in August and September to support the recovery of local tourism and its stakeholders. First conducted in September 2020, the virtual job fair series intends to replace jobs that were lost […]
Local tourism recovery continues to gain momentum as the Department of Tourism (DOT) strengthens its cooperation with the public and private sector to bring more vaccine doses to the country’s key tourism destinations. A total of 5,000 out of 13,000 tourism workers in Bohol have already received their first dose of the Sputnik V, while […]
Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat, along with testing czar and National Task Force Against COVID-19 deputy chief implementer Secretary Vince Dizon, led the ceremonial vaccination of tourism workers in Palawan. Romulo-Puyat personally visited the premier tourism destinations of Coron, El Nido, San Vicente, and the City of Puerto Princesa where she announced that the agency targets […]
The vaccination of tourism workers in Boracay Island received a boost with the arrival of an additional 10,000 doses of Sinovac anti-COVID vaccines as local tourist arrivals in the world-famous island picked up. The vaccination program is being undertaken by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with the National Task Force (NTF) on COVID-19 […]
Coinciding with the celebration of the Muslim festival Eid’l Adha, the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched the Halal Culinary Tourism series that introduces the initiative and showcases unique culinary finds in Mindanao. The video series can be viewed on the Department’s social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said that […]