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The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has simplified the use of the travel management system Safe, Swift and Smart Passage (S-Pass) to ease application of requirements for local trips. ARTA, along with other government agencies, signed and launched Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 1, series of 2022, or the “Streamlining of Requirements and Processes for Local […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that fully vaccinated tourism workers are now receiving booster shots as an added protection against the heightened threat of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the country and with most regions already attaining above 90 percent vaccination rates among active and eligible tourism workers. “We are glad to see the willingness […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has trained over 30,000 tourism professionals, surpassing its targets for such in 2021. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat expressed her satisfaction with the latest numbers noting their continued commitment to support the tourism industry towards its recovery and sustainability. “Through these training programs, the DOT is capacitating our tourism workforce, maintaining service quality […]
Big discounts and great deals from airlines, accommodation establishments, tour operators, and travel agencies await Balikbayans who will come home to the Philippines this season as the Department of Tourism (DOT) launches the balikan.ph website. The website is a one-stop site for Balikbayan-exclusive promos with as much as 50 percent discount on hotel and resort rates and […]
Amateur and professional underwater photographers, divers, and marine enthusiasts once again masterfully captured the beauty of Anilao in the entries to the 7th Anilao Underwater Shootout (AUS), recently mounted by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Dubbed as the “World Cup of Underwater Photo Competitions,” the four-day event highlighted the town’s teeming marine biodiversity, including its […]
As part of its continuing efforts to revive the country’s local food tourism scene, the Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with Ayala Malls brought another hybrid staging of the KAIN NA! Food and Travel Festival recently at the Ayala Serin Mall in Tagaytay City, Cavite. This edition of KAIN NA! is dubbed “Travelling Flavors,” […]
With tourism promotion among local communities bearing fruit, a local suburb bagged the Best Tourism Village Award from the United Nations World Tourism Organization. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat expressed her elation with the latest development, recognizing the “remarkable work” of the local community in Bojo, Aloguinsan, Cebu through the Bojo Aloguinsan Ecotourism Association or BAETAS […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that 75.39% or 236,714 of the total active tourism workers in the country are now vaccinated against COVID-19. “We will not stop until we achieve 100% vaccination for all our active tourism workers,” said Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat. Romulo-Puyat expressed her satisfaction with the latest vaccine numbers as she hoped […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced the vaccination of 95.78 percent of tourism workers employed in accredited dive establishments across the Philippines, signaling the readiness of this niche market to the eventual reopening of the country to foreign visitors. Based on the latest data received from 105 Dive Establishments (DEs) and Liveaboards Dive Establishments (LDEs) […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Berna Romulo- Puyat announced that on the DOT’s request, the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) “has approved in principle the entry of fully vaccinated tourists from Green List countries/territories/jurisdictions,” following the guidelines as may be finalized and approved by the IATF-EID. The Special Technical […]