THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is cracking down on hotels in Metro Manila now allowing what industry insiders call “absentee quarantine” for returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) or balikbayans (homecoming Filipinos). Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat told the BusinessMirror she personally warned the owner of a prominent hotel in Parañaque, which…
Published April 6, 2021, 8:10 PM
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has recognized the efforts of 24 local hotels that turned their rooms into quarantine facilities as a way to help in the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“The DOT is grateful for the hotel industry’s continued support in repurposing their accommodations into quarantine facilities for local residents undergoing mandatory quarantine, returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and overseas Filipinos,” the agency said in a statement on Tuesday, April 6.
According to the agency, 24 hotels in Metro Manila, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Calabarzon, and Davao Region have transformed a total of 2,442 of their guest rooms into isolation facilities.
Metro steps in to help accommodation sector Commercial property rates of dozens of establishments credited with total of R2.2m By Herald Reporter - 25 February 2021
A lifeline offered to the tourism sector in Nelson Mandela Bay last year will see the municipal accounts for dozens of accommodation establishments credited for commercial property rates, totalling R2.2m.
The investment retention incentives set out to help accommodation establishments suffering from cancellations due to the Covid-19 hotspot tag and beach closures.
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