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'More Fun With You': More tourist destinations to allow fully vaccinated travelers

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Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="In this photo taken on October 1, 2020, residents swim at a beach in Borocay, Malay town, Aklan. Authorities eased restrictions in the world-famous Boracay on October 1, allowing local tourists to visit the island after more than six months of quarantine as coronavirus infections levelled off. AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/06/16/20201001-covid-boracay-opening-2-afp.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>In this photo taken on October 1, 2020, residents swim at a beach in Borocay, Malay town, Aklan. Authorities eased restrictions in the world-famous Boracay on October 1, allowing local tourists to visit the island after more than six months of quarantine as coronavirus infections levelled off. AFP</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - More tourist destinations will allow fully vaccinated travelers without confirmatory swab tests as their workers receive full protection against COVID-19, the Department of Tourism said Wednesday.Baguio, Iloilo City, Negros Occidental have fully vaccinated its tourism workers and travelers with two doses of the COVID-19 jab are no longer required to present a negative RT-PCR test, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/25/21/baguio-city-bukas-na-sa-mga-fully-vaccinated-na-turista">Mga turista maaari na muling pumasok sa Baguio City</a></li></ul>Boracay will soon follow after it reaches 100 percent vaccination rate by next month, Romulo-Puyat said.Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose, she added.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/24/21/boracay-eyes-100-pct-vaccination-rate-next-month-dot">Boracay to waive swab tests for tourists once 100 pct vaccination rate reached: DOT</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/26/21/rt-pcr-test-sa-ilang-tourist-spot-aalisin-para-sa-bakunado">Mga bakunadong turista di na kailangan ng RT-PCR test sa ilang lugar</a></li></ul>&quot;Our goal na lang is we want to vaccinate 100 percent (of tourism workers) before the Christmas season,&quot; she told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.&quot;There&#x27;s really no problem with the tourism sector. Everybody, all our tourism workers want to be vaccinated.&quot;Boracay no longer has an active COVID-19 case, according to Romulo-Puyat. Its latest virus patient was reported last week who suffered from mild symptoms, she added.&quot;The only thing we&#x27;ve proven about this is vaccines work. It&#x27;s not only the vaccination, I have to give credit to the LGU (local government unit) and private sector because it&#x27;s not about you&#x27;re vaccinated but you still have to implement the minimum health protocols,&quot; she said.&quot;Wear a mask when you can, (observe) physical distancing with people. Stick within your bubble pa rin, wash your hands.&quot;The Philippines is also &quot;in talks&quot; with other Asian countries and is eyeing a travel bubble with South Korea as it is the country&#x27;s &quot;number 1 tourist market,&quot; Romulo-Puyat said.&quot;Though walanq (there&#x27;s no) quarantine coming here...but the problem is pagbalik nila may quarantine pa rin sila ng 14 days,&quot; she said.(The problem is when they return to their country they still have to be quarantined for 14 days.)&quot;Hopefully this will ease up. Every week nagbabago naman eh (it changes), countries are slowly opening up. Hopefully by Christmas this won&#x27;t be the case, it won’t be a problem going here and coming back to their countries.&quot;The tourism chief said she hopes the sector will rebound earlier than 2023.&quot;Our tourist destinations really miss their guests. Miss na miss na daw nila ang mga turista, yung pagod...We&#x27;re saying kasi it’s still more fun but you can still be safe,&quot; she said of the agency&#x27;s new advertisement, &quot;It&#x27;s More Fun with You.&quot;(They really miss their guests, the time when they felt tired.)<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1809703" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The Department of Tourism is 'in talks' with different Asian countries in easing travel restrictions as more tourist destinations reopen due to wide vaccine coverage, its chief said Wednesday.

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'More Fun With You': More tourist destinations to allow fully vaccinated travelers

Gillan Ropero,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 27, 2021 10:02 AM PHT

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Updated Oct 27, 2021 10:28 AM PHT

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