The Department of Tourism (DOT) has expressed its gratitude to lawmakers for the swift proceedings of the House Appropriations Committee on its proposed P3.79 billion budget for the fiscal year 2022. Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, together with the DOT family and Rizal 1st...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) was focused on ensuring the sustainability, resiliency, and inclusiveness of the country's tourism industry as the core of its recovery plan for 2022. Department of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat discusses the agency's proposed P3.79 billion budget for the...
Baguio City will again temporarily ban non-essential travelers from going to the "summer capital" for more than two weeks beginning Friday, Sept. 3. Baguio City (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the move is part of the local government unit's (LGU's) control measures to...
More tourism workers in Baguio City have received their vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-—a development seen by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as a big boost in making the Summer Capital of the country a "sanctuary of wellness and healing." Department of Tourism Secretary...
The local government of Bohol has lifted the suspension on air and sea travel for non-authorized authorized persons outside residence (APORs) bound to the province effective today, Sept. 1. (Photo from Unsplash) Bohol Governor Arthur Yap signed Executive Order No. 42 which lifts the border closure...
At least P19 million worth of promotional materials for safe local travel were distributed by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its marketing arm, the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), to boost the industry's recovery. Tourists and locals enjoy the white-sand beach of Boracay Island as travel...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has rolled out its vaccination program in Siargao Island where over 13,000 tourism workers are targeted to be inoculated in a bid to sustain the recovery of the pandemic-hit industry there. A tourism worker in Siargao, dubbed as the surfing capital of the...
Senator Nancy Binay aired her opposition Friday, August 27, on President Duterte's plan to open casinos and gambling houses in Boracay Island. Local children swim at the famous beach front of Boracay Island when it reopened to domestic tourists last October. (Tara Yap/MANILA BULLETIN) "I am totally...
Singapore Food Festival returns for its 28th year Oyster Omelette Starting Aug. 27, 2021, the Lion City will be conducting its annual Singapore Food Festival with more than 50 physical and virtual gastronomic activities. The theme for the year is “Savour Singapore in Every Bite,” allowing...
Economic and tourism activities in Siquijor are expected to grow as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) unveiled Thursday, Aug. 26, two vital transport infrastructure projects in the island province. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, Civil Aviation Authority of the...
To boost the safe recovery of the domestic tourism industry, some private firms have stepped up in helping the Department of Tourism's (DOT) vaccination drive for workers in the sector through providing doses of anti-COVID jabs for them. Tourism frontliners and workers in El Nido, Palawan during...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT), has started facilitating the distribution of promotional materials which had accumulated since 2015. Tourism Promotions Board Philippines This, after the Commission on Audit (COA) called out the TPB for...
