CEBU CITY, Philippines—To give the tourism industry in Central Visayas a further boost in its road to recovery, an inter-province promotional event is being pushed. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in a recent press conference, announced that the…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will appeal anew to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to allow minors or those 21 years old and below and…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Hotels, and Resorts in Lapu-Lapu City are ordered to establish a digital contact tracing system as a measure against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is to ensure the safety of tourists, especially…
LAPU-LAPU CITY — Seventy percent of hotels and resorts in Lapu-Lapu City have already opened. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, however, clarified that they could only operate at 50 percent capacity as based on the Executive Order No.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Resorts are not among the businesses that were ordered to temporarily close amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). But they might be, the Capitol warns, if they tolerate the “social gatherings”…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Between 2005 to 2020, the shoreline of the four coastal barangays of Oslob town has slowly shrunk as structures mushroomed along the coast. Oslob, which is famous worldwide for its beaches and whale…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Front desk employees of the different resorts in Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu will now be required to wear face masks while attending to their respective works. Mayor Sun Shimura…
Cebu City, Philippines—Typhoon Ursula damaged some of the towns in northern Cebu on December 24, 2019. Among those that took a beating was Malapascua Island, part of the peninsular barangay of Logon in Daanbantayan town. IN PHOTOS:…
LOOK: Personnel from the Carmen Police Station visited resorts that are located within their jurisdiction earlier today, February 25, for police visibility. In a Facebook post at 4 p.m. today, Carmen police said they wanted to ensure…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Despite the medical wastes found floating on the seas of Lapu-Lapu City in the past few days, hotels and resorts in the island continue to enjoy high occupancy rate. In a statement sent to Cebu…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least three balikbayan flights will be arriving in Cebu on January 17 for the Sinulog festivities. Judy Gabato, chief tourism operations officer of the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7),…
Operators of tourism destinations and facilities in Cebu await their declaration as a Tourism Enterprise Zone (TEZ) by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA). TEZ are tracts of lands designed for development as an integrated…