CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) has focused the spotlight on Pampanga+Clark and Cebu City in its inter-regional tour of tourism attractions and experiences including their respective award-winning international airports.
Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat shared with SunStar Pampanga that the DOT has started to promote the various tourism circuits that it has been developing throughout the year, following the easing of restrictions on leisure travel and vaccination of workers in the tourism sector.
“We have been ramping up our efforts to vaccinate our tourism workers so that we restore confidence in people to travel again. Now, with the resumption of leisure travel, we are encouraging tourists to visit destinations that have a high number of fully vaccinated tourism workers,” she said.
For Pampanga, including Clark Freeport Zone, 92.08 percent of its tourism workers have already been vaccinated. Tourists can now safely visit the restaurants of Pampanga, the country’s culinary capital, and explore sites, such as the Bacolor Church, Mt. Arayat National Park, Diaspora Farm Resort, Lubao Bamboo Hub, and the various attractions at the Clark Freeport Zone, like Clark Natural Park, Dinosaur Island and Clark Museum, among others, of the many spots in the province and the freeport.
For Metro Cebu, which includes Cebu City, 93.74 percent of tourism workers have been inoculated. Travelers can now visit these sites in Cebu City: Adlawon Farm, Sirao Flower Garden, Magellan's Cross, Sto. Nino Church, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza Hamabar, Cebu Heritage Monument, Colon Obelisk and Museo Sugbo, among others.
Safe travel via alternative gateways
Romulo-Puyat said that the interregional tour showcases not only the best of Pampanga, Clark and Cebu City but also encourages safe travel by air and highlights alternative gateways that tourists can utilize, such as the Clark International Airport and the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. Current available Cebu-Clark-Cebu flights are serviced by Philippine Airlines every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and by Cebu Pacific every Tuesday and Thursday.
She said that with the reopening of domestic tourism in the country, the DOT aims to provide a more meaningful experience for travelers while also supporting the restart of the tourism industry and its allied sectors, such as the aviation industry. (JTD)