{"id":14790,"date":"2021-03-12T09:12:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=14790"},"modified":"2021-03-12T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:12:49","slug":"cebu-sets-to-launch-a-holy-week-travel-and-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2021\/03\/12\/cebu-sets-to-launch-a-holy-week-travel-and-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Cebu to Launch Holy Week Travel and Tour Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Cebu provincial government<\/strong> announced that they will launch <strong>Holy Week tour packages this Lenten season<\/strong>, as one of\u00a0their steps to\u00a0bolster local tourism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia<\/strong> said the tour packages are now being planned and will be launched before the Holy Week on March 28-April 3. The governor also highlighted\u00a0that the provincial government has partnered with private tour operators and other\u00a0tourism industry\u00a0players, which includes airlines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:\u00a0<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2021\/03\/06\/the-latest-travel-and-tourism-news-for-the-first-week-of-march-2021\/\">The Latest In Travel And Tourism News For The First Week Of March 2021<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5012\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/05\/cebu.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/05\/cebu.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/05\/cebu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/05\/cebu-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lapu Lapu&#8217;s statue in\u00a0Mactan Shrine<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE EXECUTIVE\u00a0ORDER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cebu was the first province since last year to make\u00a0drastic measures to boost its\u00a0tourism\u00a0sector. This initiative helps tourism\u00a0players to join and give them an opportunity to bounce back. Based on the latest\u00a0<strong>executive order<\/strong>\u00a0that Garcia issued, only a<strong>\u00a0valid medical certificate and proof of pre-booking at a resort or hotel within the province are required from tourists entering the province.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A valid medical certificate\u00a0is required and it should be\u00a0within\u00a0seven days prior to the travel\u00a0date.\u00a0 Resorts\u00a0and hotel establishments should be accredited by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and\u00a0the Cebu Provincial Tourism Task Force.\u00a0And\u00a0at the point of departure and arrival, visitors must pass the symptoms checking or screening.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia also met with officials from flag carrier<strong> Philippine Airlines (PAL) and the DOT in Central Visayas <\/strong>to map out plans for the Holy Week tour offerings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/05\/18\/swim-with-the-whale-sharks-in-oslob-cebu\/\">Swim with the whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Garcia also issued a series of executive orders, mandating health guidelines for tourism activities such as canyoneering, whale-shark watching, trekking, swimming, and diving, among others to prevent further spread of Covid-19 while reviving the industry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1132404\">Philippine News Agency<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Written by Cedie Salido<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cebu provincial government will launch Holy Week travel and tour packages! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[3098,3099],"class_list":["post-14790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cebu","tag-cebu-city","tag-travel-and-tours"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14790"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14806,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14790\/revisions\/14806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}