CEBU CITY, Philippines — Albeit the losses incurred by the tourism industry due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has called on accommodation establishments not to
take advantage of repatriated workers or exempted employees who will need accommodation while the different levels of community quarantine are in effect nationwide.
The administrative order signed by Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat also sets the guidelines for the operation of these establishments while their locations are under a community quarantine. n-OFWs who may be required to undergo mandatory facility-based quarantine, stranded passengers, employees of government agencies, health care workers and employees of exempted business establishments who may have been in-housed because of the movement restrictionsThe administrative order directs hotels in places under ECQ, MECQ, and GCQ to observe the single occupancy or one person per room condition for OFW or health workers guests.
Accommodating persons, who are on leisure travel, is not allowed for hotels in areas under the three levels of community quarantine.
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