TACLOBAN CITY, April 12 (PIA) Opening the doors of the country to foreign travelers is the call of the inter-agency task force (IATF) in which the Department of Tourism (DOT) is a member, Berna Romulo Puyat, tourism secretary, disclosed Friday in a Panindugan virtual press conference where she guested.
The DOT chief made the disclosure in response to a query about the Philippines’ readiness to accept tourists from other countries.
“Ang pagbubukas ng Pilipinas ay IATF ang nagde-decide, membro ang DOT sa IATF . . . Di ko puwedi masasabi kung kelan magbubukas, pero kung handa, handa na, nandoon na ang health and safety protocols,” Puyat declared during the Zoom interaction hosted by Olive Tiu, regional head of PIA.