{"id":15720,"date":"2022-01-05T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=15720"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T08:06:31","slug":"oh-no-baguio-limits-leisure-travelers-due-to-covid-19-scare-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2022\/01\/05\/oh-no-baguio-limits-leisure-travelers-due-to-covid-19-scare-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"OH NO! Baguio Limits Leisure Travelers due to COVID-19 scare; Here&#8217;s What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 2, the city government of Baguio temporarily shut down all its borders as the quick response travel permits (QTP) for tourists or leisure travelers as they prepared new guidelines for non-essential travels.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalog released an executive order implementing heightened restrictions to the current \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udfd0 \ud835\udc20\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c in Baguio City from January 6 to 18, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving dealt with the earlier Delta variant and identifying our appropriate response actions, this is a crucial period to strengthen infection prevention and control measures so that our health care system and front-liners, as well as those industries that are sure to be affected, can prepare for this new variant\u2019s anticipated impact,\u201d Magalong said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that are three local cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the area last December 31, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/01\/04\/mmda-ncr-mayors-to-impose-enhanced-restrictions-for-unvaxxed-individuals\/\">MMDA: NCR Mayors to impose \u2018enhanced restrictions\u2019 for unvaxxed individuals<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15724\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Baguio\/IMAGE from Unsplash\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>EXECUTIVE ORDER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The updated executive order requires all <strong>FULLY VACCINATED leisure and non-essential travelers arriving from areas under Alert Level 3 must comply with testing requirements as follows:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Presentation of negative results of RT-PCR tests conducted within 72 hrs prior to arrival, or Rapid Antigen test conducted within 24 hrs prior to arrival; or<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">the traveler may undergo Rapid Antigen testing upon arrival at duly authorized Triage Units operation under the supervision of the City Health Services Office<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Regardless of vaccination status, travel companions aged 12 to 17 must present negative results of RT-PCR test conducted 72 hrs prior to arrival, or Rapid Antigen test conducted within 24 hrs prior to arrival, or may undergo testing procedures;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Magalog also reiterated that acceptance of leisure and non-essential travels must register through <em><a href=\"https:\/\/visita.baguio.gov.ph\/\">visita.baguio.gov.ph<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 and shall be limited <strong>to a maximum of 4,000 per day while the accommodation establishments shall limit guest capacity to 70% occupancy.<\/strong> Travel applications that were approved prior to January 6, 2022 shall still be honored, however, the testing requirement shall apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is also stated under Executive Order No. 139, 2021<strong>, unvaccinated or partially vaccinated adult travelers for leisure or non-essential purposes shall not be allowed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Meanwhile, essential travels for APORs shall continue to be permitted, upon presentation of complete documents as proof of authorized travel purposes. Register at <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hdf.baguio.gov.ph\/\">hdf.baguio.gov.ph<\/a> <\/em>and see the required documents in the pinned post.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>BAGUIO TRAVEL ADVISORY (LEISURE PURPOSES)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1324\" height=\"1732\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15726\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1.jpeg 1324w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1-783x1024.jpeg 783w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1-768x1005.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/1-1174x1536.jpeg 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1324px) 100vw, 1324px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">IMAGE from Baguio Tourism<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2022\/01\/04\/bulacan-cavite-rizal-to-be-placed-under-alert-level-3-from-jan-5-15\/\"><em>Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal to be placed under Alert Level 3 from Jan 5-15<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=467522228071092&amp;set=a.404645651025417\">Public Information Office &#8211; City of Baguio<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1164477\">PNA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baguiotourism\/photos\/a.358906537992256\/1031837264032510\/\">Baguio Tourism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/visita.baguio.gov.ph\/\">Baguio Visita\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Cedie Salido<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baguio City limits borders for leisure travelers due to the COVID-19 omicron variant scare.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[212,364,3346,3347,3348,3349],"class_list":["post-15720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baguio","tag-travel","tag-baguio","tag-city-of-pines","tag-leisure-travel","tag-leisure-traveler","tag-omicron"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720","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=15720"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15732,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720\/revisions\/15732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}