Department of Tourism announced Friday that staycations and point-to-point air travel are now allowed in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus area – Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite.
“Dito sa (here in) NCR Plus, while we are under GCQ with heightened alert, pwede po ang staycation at meron po tayong 13 hotel dito sa NCR with a total room capacity of 5,986 na nakapag comply sa requirements ng DOT (staycation is allowed and we have 13 hotels in NCR with a total room capacity of 5,986 which have complied to DOT’s requirements),” Tourism Undersecretary Benito Bengzon said.
“Nakakuha na sila ng certificate of authority to operate for staycation [They secured certificates of authority to operate for staycation],” Bengzon said.
DOT allowed 13 hotels in NCR to operate for staycations:
- Okada Manila Hotel
- Shangri-la at the Forts
- Grand Hyatt Hotel
- Joy Nostalg Hotel & Suites Manila
- Nobu Hotel
- EDSA Shangri-la Manila
- Hyatt Regency and
- Nuwa Hotel of City of Dreams
- Solaire Resort
- The Peninsula Manila
- Aruga by Rockwell
- Hilton Manila, and
- Sheraton Manila Hotel
Staycation, P2P now allowed in NCR Plus: DOT
The NCR Plus is under general community quarantine (GCQ) “with heightened restrictions” until May 31, 2021.
Bengzon said that also allowed are point-to-point (P2P) leisure air travel in and out of the NCR Plus to accommodations which secured a certificate of authority to operate for point-to-point travel from the DOT.
“The concept is you have a ‘bubble’ from NCR Plus to the destination. The accommodation establishment, whether a hotel or resort, needs to secure a certificate of authority to operate for point-to-point travel from the nearest DOT regional office,” Bengzon said.
The DOT official added that residents in NCR Plus aged 18 to 65 years old are the only ones allowed to avail of staycations and P2P travel.
“Ang mahalaga dito ay matulungan ang ating tourism enterprises at saka displaced tourism workers para mapabilis ang recovery ng industry (The important thing is we help our tourism enterprises and displaced tourism workers to hasten the recover of the industry),” he said.
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