reopening Archives - JOEL JAWS ANDRADA https://joelandrada.com/tag/reopening/ HERE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY... NAKS! Fri, 06 Nov 2020 23:38:28 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://joelandrada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Joel-Jaws-Andrada-32x32.jpg reopening Archives - JOEL JAWS ANDRADA https://joelandrada.com/tag/reopening/ 32 32 REMOVAL OF RT-PCR TEST REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS TO ENTER BORACAY SOUGHT https://joelandrada.com/travel/removal-of-rt-pcr-test-requirement-for-tourists-to-enter-boracay-sought/ https://joelandrada.com/travel/removal-of-rt-pcr-test-requirement-for-tourists-to-enter-boracay-sought/#respond Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:48:22 +0000 http://joelandrada.com/?p=8117 Aklan Governor Joeben Miraflores held a consultation meeting today, October 31, 2020, with Congressman Ted...

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Aklan Governor Joeben Miraflores held a consultation meeting today, October 31, 2020, with Congressman Ted Haresco, Malay Municipal Mayor Frolibar Bautista, Barangay officials and Boracay stakeholders at Henann Regency Resort.

  • REMOVAL OF RT-PCR TEST REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS TO ENTER BORACAY SOUGHT
  • REMOVAL OF RT-PCR TEST REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS TO ENTER BORACAY SOUGHT
Photos courtesy of Mr. Gil S. Delos Santos of the Malay Municipal Tourism Office – Aklan

Removal of RT-PCR Test for Boracay tourists sought

The attendees unanimously voted for the removal of the submission of a Negative RT-PCR (Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) Test (taken 72 hours before departure) as a requirement for tourists to enter Boracay. A resolution will be submitted to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for approval.

According to a Facebook post shared by Mr. Gil S. Delos Santos, once approved, tourists who want to enter Boracay only need to submit a health declaration and a confirmed hotel/resort accommodation with the Department of Tourism (DOT) Accreditation and Certificate of Authority to Operate (CAO).

  • For the online health declaration, click here.
  • Here is the list of Department of Tourism (DOT) with Certificate of Authority to Operate (CAO) in Western Visayas as of October 21, 2020.

Further, the DOT will provide 10 Million pesos to fund the cost of RT-PCR testing of Boracay workers in preparation for the full reopening.

Also, establishments on the island will be required to have a QR system for contact tracing.

Lackluster Boracay Reopening

Boracay reopened last October 1, 2020. In time for the reopening, airlines and hotels brought down their prices by as much as 70%. This is to help boost tourism.

Removal of RT PCR Test requirement for tourists to enter Boracay sought
Removal of RT PCR Test requirement for tourists to enter Boracay sought
Removal of RT PCR Test requirement for tourists to enter Boracay sought

However, aside from the fear of contracting COVID-19, the cost of the RT-PCR Test remains to be a major factor in preventing tourists from visiting the country’s number one island tourist destination. The cost ranges from 1500 to as much as 10,000 pesos.

“We have to live with covid. Let’s just be brave. We will take the risk to open but with strict implementation of safety protocols. Pasensiyahan nalang sa ‘di susunod. May kinasuhan na tayo kung maalala niyo.”

Mayor Frolimar Bautista
Removal of RT PCR Test requirement for tourists to enter Boracay sought
Cagban Port, Boracay- Since lockdown, tourism has been in a slump.

We cannot wait to welcome more tourists on the island. We are ready. Tourism is the island’s main source of livelihood. Since lockdown, tourism has been in a slump.

Removal of RT PCR Test requirement for tourists to enter Boracay sought
We cannot wait to welcome more tourists on the island. We are ready.

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]]> https://joelandrada.com/travel/removal-of-rt-pcr-test-requirement-for-tourists-to-enter-boracay-sought/feed/ 0 VISIT THE NEWLY REOPENED BORACAY THRU AIRASIA’S FINAL RED HOT SEAT SALE https://joelandrada.com/press-releases/visit-the-newly-reopened-boracay-thru-airasias-final-red-hot-seat-sale/ https://joelandrada.com/press-releases/visit-the-newly-reopened-boracay-thru-airasias-final-red-hot-seat-sale/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2018 03:28:39 +0000 http://joelandrada.com/?p=4921 Have you been meaning to visit the world's number one island paradise Boracay after its reopening last October 26, 2018? Then, here is your chance! Thanks to AirAsia, the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline.

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Have you been meaning to visit the world’s number one island paradise Boracay after its reopening last October 26, 2018? Then, here is your chance! Thanks to AirAsia, the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline.

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Avail of promotional fares from as low as Php 16 (for BIG members) all-in and one way only now available at airsia.com with AirAsia’s final Red Hot Seat Sale for 2018.

  • Booking Period: November 12 to 18, 2018
  • Travel Period: May 6, 2019 to February 4, 2020
  • Travel Period for Clark to Taipei: May 4, 2019 to October 25, 2019

Book here now.

Be an Air Asia BIG Member and enjoy these perks:

  • Redeem trips to over 130 AirAsia destinations
  • Save up to 90% on AirAsia flights
  • Receive exclusive offers and free gifts

Sign up here:

AirAsia Final Red Hot Seat Sale

Promotional seats are available for flights from Manila, Cebu, Clark and Kalibo to various domestic destinations like

  • Caticlan (Boracay)
  • Cagayan De Oro
  • Iloilo
  • Palawan
  • Tacloban
  • Tagbilaran (Bohol)
  • Davao

Fly to Tacloban to visit the country’s longest bridge, the protected Cuatro Islas and the famous Kalanggaman Island.

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Red Hot Seat Sale is also extended to the following international flights from as low as Php 551 only for BIG members:

  • Taipei
  • Kaohshiung
  • Shanghai
  • Shenzhen
  • Guangzhou
  • Macao
  • Hong Kong
  • Bali
  • Bangkok
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Kota Kinabalu
  • Singapore
  • Korea

AirAsia Philippines CEO Captain Dexter Comendador said,

“Red Hot Seat Sale is our final promotional sale for the year and now is the best time to make your travel plans not only for domestic destinations but travel all over Asia and beyond with over 130 destinations across AirAsia Group’s extensive network.”

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The AirAsia Group is the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia by passengers and services an extensive network of over 130 destinations. The airline is proud to be a truly Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) airline with operations based in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines as well as India and Japan, servicing a network stretching across Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the Middle East. AirAsia has been named the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards ten times in a row from 2009 to 2018.

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