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The Department of Tourism (DOT) expressed optimism for the recovery of the tourism industry following the Senate’s approval of Senate Bill 1564 or the Bayanihan To Recover As One Act on its third and final reading recently. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the approval of the bill is a welcome development for the industry, adding […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that tourists from the Western Visayas who are aged below 21 and above 60, have been allowed to visit Boracay after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has lifted the age-specific ban on the island. Since the reopening of Boracay to tourists from […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is optimistic about the recovery of English language schools in the Philippines that would eventually put the Philippines back as a leading English as a Second Language (ESL) learning destination. “The students who have come here have returned to their home countries for now. While travel restrictions brought by the COVID-19 […]
Palawan is eyeing the resumption of tourism activities in the towns of El Nido, Coron, and San Vicente once safety and health protocols have been set in place in the province. There is no specific date yet as to when the three municipalities will start accepting tourists, but Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said a “dry […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat hailed the reactivation of the tourist police units, saying it would hasten the tourism industry’s recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Puyat’s statement came after Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa, announced that the Tourist-Oriented Police for Community Order and Protection (TOPCOP) would be revived in areas […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is looking at using travel corridors or “travel bubbles” for the country’s tourism market once restrictions have relaxed and protocols are in place. These corridors would allow the reopening of Philippine tourism destinations with zero coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases to foreign tourists from infection-free nations, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat […]
The maximum seating capacity at restaurants has been reduced to 50 percent under the “new normal.” The Department of Tourism (DOT) issued memorandum circular 2020-004, which outlines the protocols for operations of DOT-accredited restaurants covering their areas of management, set-up, employees, and customers. Under the memorandum circular, restaurants are required to monitor the health status […]
With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic now forcing people to observe physical distancing and isolation, most work and leisure activities are now being done online. As the health crisis continues to evolve and in anticipation of other challenges, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies are making sure that Philippine tourism remains […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) commits to sustain the Filipino brand of hospitality and service to stranded tourists amid the community quarantine brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This, after stranded foreign tourists and their respective embassies commended the DOT for the assistance it had provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We welcome […]
The tourism scene in the Philippines will be “vastly different” once travel activities will again be allowed as part of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. The “new normal” would involve enforced health security standards for both tourists and personnel, including the “re-training” of tourism workers, Romulo-Puyat stressed. In a Go […]