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150 TOURISM WORKERS VACCINATED ON LABOR DAY – DOT

Some 150 frontline personnel of quarantine hotels were among the hundreds of workers who were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the symbolic vaccination of laborers that is part of the government’s celebration of Labor Day. The Department of Tourism (DOT) said the vaccination of these tourism frontliners is part of the preparation for the next phase […]

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465K DISPLACED TOURISM WORKERS TO GET CASH AID

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced that 465,530 tourism workers nationwide who have turned jobless because of the pandemic have been approved to receive cash assistance under the DOT-DOLE Cash Assistance Program of the Bayanihan 2 amounting to P2,327,650,000. Of this number, 39,429 are from the National Capital Region (NCR); 26,908 from Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); […]

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PH TO HOST TOURISM GLOBAL SUMMIT IN OCT – DOT

The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines welcome the announcement by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) that the Philippines has been selected as the next host country to the WTTC Global Summit in October 2021.  The announcement was made by WTTC President and CEO Gloria Guevara during the […]

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DOT, MANILA TO BUILD RIZAL PARK FIELD HOSPITAL

The Department of Tourism (DOT), through the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC) and the City of Manila inked the deal for the construction of a mobile field hospital and drive-thru vaccination site at the Burnham Green in Rizal Park.  Representing the DOT were Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and NPDC Executive Director Cecille Lorenzana-Romero, and Mayor […]

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33 MORE HOTELS GET SAFE TRAVELS STAMPS – DOT

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat awarded recently the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Safe Travels Stamp to the new batch of recipients comprising 33 DOT-accredited accommodation establishments (AEs) belonging to six regions.   These are in Region VII, 16 of which are in Cebu and Bohol; Region IV-B, all nine are in Palawan; […]

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USE STAYSAFE.PH FOR SAFE TOURISM – ROMULO-PUYAT

The Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) on the Safety Seal Certification Program was signed recently led by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).  The JMC contains the requirements and procedures […]

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DOT BACKS TEMPORARY HOSPITALS ON TOURISM SITES

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department of Tourism (DOT) would support the construction on tourism sites of temporary hospitals and other medical facilities necessary to fight the COVID-19 crisis. Romulo-Puyat made the statement in the recent groundbreaking of Manila’s Mega Field Hospital, a temporary facility which will be built at the Burnham Green of […]

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‘NCR PLUS’ TOURISM WORKERS TO GET P5K CASH AID

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III disclosed that 67,347 beneficiaries from the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, collectively known as the NCR Plus, have been approved to receive the one-time P5,000 financial assistance under the DOT-DOLE Cash-For-Work Program of the Bayanihan 2. Of […]

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PH, DOT NOMINATED AT 2021 WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS

The Philippines and the Department of Tourism (DOT) secure positions as nominees to the 2021 World Travel Awards (WTA), one of the most prestigious and comprehensive global recognition bodies that aim to “acknowledge, reward, and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries”. “I am very excited to share with […]

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DOT PUSHES FOR TOURISM RESILIENCY IN EL NIDO

The Department of Tourism (DOT) endeavors to ensure the tourism resiliency of the country’s prime destination, El Nido, Palawan, through the full implementation of the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (STDP) this year. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat made the statement as she visited El Nido for the Awarding of Certificates to beneficiaries of the Cash-For-Work and […]