{"id":61751,"date":"2021-08-01T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=61751"},"modified":"2021-07-30T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:46:15","slug":"dot-more-tourism-workers-in-boracay-to-receive-covid-19-vax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2021\/08\/01\/dot-more-tourism-workers-in-boracay-to-receive-covid-19-vax\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT: More Tourism Workers in Boracay to Receive COVID-19 Vax"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vaccination of tourism workers in Boracay received a boost with the arrival of an additional 10,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines<\/strong> as local tourist arrivals in the world-famous island picked up.<\/p>\n

\"\"IMAGE from Unsplash<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The vaccination program is being undertaken by the Department of Tourism (DOT)<\/strong> in partnership with the National Task Force (NTF)<\/strong> on COVID-19 and the municipal government of Malay, Aklan. The vaccination started Monday afternoon at the CityMall Boracay.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast July 7, I was with our Deputy Chief Implementer and testing czar, Secretary Vince Dizon, for the ceremonial vaccination of tourism workers in Boracay. Today, we are glad to report that the the 10,000 doses of Sinovac will benefit 6,500 tourism frontliners in the island,”said Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Of the 10,000 doses, around 3,000 doses will be administered as second doses for the initial 3,000 tourism workers while the remaining 7,000 doses are allocated for the first and second doses of another 3,500 tourism workers.<\/p>\n

Out of the additional 3,500 tourism workers in Boracay who will get their full vaccination through the DOT\u2019s initiative, around 2,230 individuals are employed in accommodation establishments, 551 in restaurants, 397 in dive shops, spas, travel and tours, souvenir shops, jetty ports and other essential service providers, 142 in tourism-related cooperatives, 105 in transport sector, and 76 in government frontline service including tourist police, immigration staff, and rehabilitation management group.<\/p>\n

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Sec.Puyat\/IMAGE from her official Instagram account.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Puyat stressed that the DOT\u2019s goal is to vaccinate all 11,620 tourism workers on the island, especially with the holiday season fast approaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy to see that more and more tourism workers in Boracay are getting vaccinated\u00a0against COVID-19 and are able to return\u00a0to their livelihood with confidence. We in the DOT remain grateful to all of our partners, including the\u00a0\u00a0private sector,\u201d Puyat said.<\/p>\n

She cited in particular the Filinvest Hospitality through Crimson Resort and Spa Boracay for donating 5,000 vaccine doses to support the program. The Megaworld Corporation, through the\u00a0Belmont Hotel Boracay and Savoy Hotel Boracay<\/strong>, have pledged to donate an additional 5,000 doses of vaccines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to enlist the support of private sector stakeholders to do the same so that we can inoculate more tourism workers and spur the tourism industry\u2019s recovery at a faster rate,\u201d the tourism chief said.<\/p>\n

Puyat had earlier disclosed that the DOT will soon launch new tourism products for Boracay Island which are expected to attract more visitors. They include Boracay Biking Tour, Boracay Food Crawl, and the Boracay Wellness Workation Program.<\/p>\n

Based on local government data, a total of 29,660 tourists arrived in Boracay through Caticlan from July 1 to 25, with 65.08 percent or 19,305 arrivals coming from the National Capital Region (NCR). This was followed by visitors from Region 4A (Calabarzon) with 6,374 tourists, and Region 3 (Central Luzon) with 2,213.<\/p>\n

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This is a press release from the Department of Tourism.\u00a0<\/a> Minor edits were made prior to publishing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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