Lapu drafts EO for tourism revival

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/16/2020

Cebu City, Philippines–The city of Lapu-Lapu is now drafting the guidelines for the resumption of tourism operations under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). The city’s Tourism, Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (TCHAC), in a coordination meeting…

Dolphin watching in Lapu soon, too?

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — How does dolphin watching in Lapu-Lapu City sound like? As the city moves towards the reopening its tourism industry following its downgrade to the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status, Mayor Junard Chan…

Cordova starts tourism engine with two tour packages

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Municipality of Cordova and the Cebu Provincial Tourism Task Force have relaunched on Sunday, August 30, 2020, the tourism activities for the town in a bid to bring back the livelihood of…

‘Unified’ approach for recovery of agri, tourism, MSME eyed

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — National line agencies in Central Visayas are considering a “unified approach” for the recovery of agriculture, tourism, and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the four provinces in the region. With this,…

Lapu braces for reopening of domestic tourism

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following “improvements” on its COVID-19 situation, Lapu-Lapu City is now gearing towards reopening its tourism industry for domestic clients. The city’s Tourism Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (TCHAC) has started conducting inspections in…

Capitol to reopen more tourism destinations soon

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/03/2020

BARILI, Cebu – The Cebu Provincial Government will be reopening more tourism activities and destinations soon as part of its efforts to revive the local economy. In a press conference in Barili town of southern Cebu, on…

Garcia on Cebu MGCQ tourism: ‘Waterfalls are for your eyes only’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Waterfalls, which are among the tourist attractions in Cebu province, will only be for sight-seeing in the first stages of the reopening of the province’s tourism industry. This was the clarification of Cebu…

Barili eyes boost in livestock market, tourism to rev up economic activities

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Albeit the economic blow brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, the municipality of Barili is planning to bring in economic activities in the southwestern Cebu town through infrastructure projects to modernize…

Hospitality industry businesses mull shutdowns, retrenchments

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite plans to further ease restrictions to allow more businesses to open, about 75 percent of hospitality industry workers in Cebu are still facing the grim prospect of permanently losing their jobs in…

Hoteliers asked: Offer low rates for OFWs, guests amid community quarantine

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Albeit the losses incurred by the tourism industry due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has called on accommodation establishments not to take advantage of repatriated workers or exempted employees…

Hospitality and travel stakeholders take on Domestic Travel Sentiment Survey 

PR 05/12/2020

In the wake of the corona virus pandemic, the travel industry has come to a halt. Many countries are on lockdown, airlines have suspended flights and services, and most hotel properties have sadly but responsibly taken the…

Clearer picture

05/04/2020

Income reports for the first quarter of the year are starting to paint a grim picture for many companies adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The impact on businesses is mostly unfavorable, except for a very few…

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