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A total of 295 vendors, pedicab drivers and other informal tourism workers in Intramuros have received close to P1.5 million cash under the government’s cash assistance program for workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat made the announcement following the approval of the allotment under the Department of Tourism (DOT) – Department of […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) reaches out to tourism workers who were affected by the closure of establishments or those which scaled down operations, to immediately avail of the expanded financial assistance as part of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act interventions to address the pandemic’s impact on Philippine tourism.Under a Joint Advisory (JA) between the […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will provide P8 million for the swab testing of some 4,000 tourism workers in Boracay Island. The DOT said Boracay is expecting more local tourist arrivals in the coming months. “By supporting RT-PCR testing among workers in Boracay, the Department reiterates that safety is the unparalleled priority in reopening domestic […]