PHL, D.O.T. on shortlist for World Tourism Awards 2021
THE Philippines and the Department of Tourism (DOT) have landed nominations in the prestigious World Tourism Awards (WTA) 2021.
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THE Philippines and the Department of Tourism (DOT) have landed nominations in the prestigious World Tourism Awards (WTA) 2021.
THE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DOT) is hoping that more tourism workers will be included in the A4 priority group for vaccination, for their invaluable work and service as frontliners.
ONLY accommodation establishments (AEs) operating as quarantine facilities are allowed to operate from March 29 to April 4, in keeping with the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) covering the National Capital Region, along with Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal (NCR-plus).
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is investigating reports that Alphaland Aviation continued to fly passengers coming from the locked-down areas of the National Capital Region and four provinces (NCR-plus) to Balesin Island Club in Quezon.
THE municipal government of Malay, Aklan implemented a “surgical lockdown” in two areas in Boracay Island on Sunday, as cases of Covid-19 rose after a recent party.
EVERY DAY, I wake up with a silent prayer on my lips that I’ve woken up to another new day. Most times, the day progresses quite routinely: I have lunch, then take my home-brewed cup of coffee (sometimes with dessert), then prop myself in front of my iMac, and start typing out the day’s stories for the paper. If there was a virtual presser that was clear enough for everyone to see and hear, the words just flow rapidly from my fingers.
MORE than 20,000 flying passengers are scrambling to either rebook or refund their flights this coming Holy Week, with the government decision to ban leisure travel from the National Capital Region and four provinces from March 22 to April 4.
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) will be launching an investigation into Balesin Island Club for offering a medical treatment plan that would allow its members to continue on their planned holidays despite the two-week lockdown in National Capital Region and four provinces.
THE Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) is asking the country’s three major carriers to explain why they should not be penalized for pushing through with their flights to Boracay Island, despite a government decision to lock down the National Capital Region (NCR) and four provinces in a bubble, and disallowing non-essential travel in or out of these areas.
ANOTHER year, another Holy Week of scrapped vacations.
TOURISTS and holiday makers can now take a Covid-19 saliva test, instead of the nasal swab RT-PCR test, for entry into Boracay Island.
I’VE been an ardent user of coconut products for the longest time.
TOURISM stakeholders in key areas of Cebu launched a sales campaign on Tuesday in a bid to attract more domestic travelers to their hotels and resorts.
THE Philippines continues to maintain the interest of foreign tourists amid their impatience for the lifting of international border restrictions here.
MORE tourism stakeholders and island associations have come forward to signal their opposition to the creation of the Boracay Island Development Association (Bida) as a powerful government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC), as provided in a yet-unnumbered substitute bill at the House of Representatives.
THE last time I went to a social gathering with more than 100 people was in December 2019, having gone all the way to Bulacan just to watch the “greatest rock band of all time,” U2, in concert for the first time in Manila. I was standing the entire night, while dancing and singing (okay, screeching mostly) along with my friend, as Bono belted out the Irish group’s most popular hits.
MANY tourism destinations continue to require Covid tests from their visitors, even as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has removed a number of unnecessary documents from travelers’ lists.
THE municipality of Puerto Galera is looking forward to the completion by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of an environmental study that will determine the popular tourism destination’s carrying capacity.
THE white-sand beaches and rich marine resources of Puerto Galera are more accessible now to holidaymakers as the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro fully reopens its borders.
FEMALES and male seniors will likely be the target segments of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in its new marketing strategy to boost domestic tourism in the “better normal.”
BAGUIO CITY, the country’s summer capital of old, has scrapped Covid-19 testing for all visitors, much to the consternation of its residents.
VACCINATED or not, newly arrived visitors from abroad will still have to isolate themselves for seven days at government-accredited quarantine hotels.
WORLD travelers have once more recognized Boracay Island’s White Beach and El Nido’s Nacpan Beach among the best beaches in the world.
THE Department of Finance (DOF) and the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) are opposed to the substitute bill in the House of Representatives that establishes the Boracay Island Development Authority (Bida) as a government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC).
AKLANONS, especially those from the municipality of Malay and the island of Boracay, are opposing the new substitute bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (Bida).
THE country’s tourism enterprises live in a constant state of worry during this pandemic, and believe that the stability of public health will be the minimum requirement to fast-track the recovery of their sector.
WITH the promise of Covid-19 vaccines, how exciting it is to dream of traveling again. The family has finally started to discuss taking that long-delayed vacation to Boracay Island, perhaps toward the end of the year, when—fingers crossed—everyone is sure to have the life-saving jab.
GUAM continues to be open to business and leisure travelers, and is hoping for an increase in arrivals from the Philippines.
TOURISTS from Metro Manila who are planning to go to Cebu City, Mandaue City, or Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan, still need to take RT-PCR tests before arrival.
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