BANGKOK, Thailand -- Travellers to Thailand will no longer have to take a Covid-19 test before boarding the plane, under plans announced Friday as part of efforts to reboot the kingdom's pandemic-battered tourism sector. From April 1, the requirement to take a negative test within 72 hours of...
Hotel guests from different households are now allowed to share rooms in accommodation establishments (AEs) located in areas under Alert Level 3 and below, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Thursday, March 17. READY FOR COVID-19 RISE. The Department of Tourism Eastern Visayas regional...
More than 100,000 foreign tourists have visited the Philippines since the national government opened the country's borders to 157 visa-free nations last month, the Department of Tourism (DOT) revealed Friday, March 18. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach destination...
AP Party-list has called the attention of the Department of Tourism (DOT) on what it has described as the "painfully slow" rehabilitation of Siargao. Siargao (Dale de Vera/ Unsplash) A popular tourist destination, Siargao--often mentioned in the same breath as Boracay--was ravaged by typhoon...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Thursday urged the Small Business Corporation (SBCorp) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) to utilize the unspent funds from Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to help the Philippine tourism industry restart activities after a two-year slump...
PANGASINAN – The Department of Tourism Region 1 with the Pangasinan Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) continued to conduct an assessment and validation of potential adventure and nature-based tourism sites in Pangasinan. Mapita Lagoon in Aguilar. (Photo courtesy of the...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the city government will need more time and data to come up with a definitive decision on the threshold for tourist arrivals. “As of now what we have is just the initial data and it not enough. Baka hilaw, baka kulang so we make sure that we have...
PANGASINAN - The return of tourists to the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) and other tourist destinations in Alaminos City has begun as the province transitioned to Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15. (Photo courtesy of Liezle Basa Inigo / MANILA BULLETIN) The City Tourism Office (CTO) here...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat expressed optimism that more foreign tourists will visit the country with the easing of travel restrictions starting next month. The DOT announced on Friday, March 11, that there will be no longer limitation on the number of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A total of P1.2 million sales of local products and farm produce were generated by the provincial government during the week-long Agri Tourism Fair held last Feb. 28 to March 6 as part of the 172nd Founding Anniversary of the province. The provincial government...
CAGAYAN -- The famous Palaui Island in Santa Ana, Cagayan has re-opened for tourism activities starting Tuesday,March 8. The Department of Tourism Region 2 said the reopening of Palaui Island came after a series of deliberations and discussions among various concerned agencies and stakeholders of...
After two years of undergoing massive rehabilitation, the province of Sorsogon formally reopened its tourism sites to local and foreign visitors with the reopening and inauguration of the Buluzan Eco-Tourism Center and Facilities in the Bulusan Volcano Natural Park. Sorsogon Governor Francis...
