Baguio limits tourist arrivals to 3,000 daily

BAGUIO CITY – The city government has limited tourist arrivals to a maximum of 3,000 daily to prevent incidents that would trigger another surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said tourist arrivals here since June 1 did not yet exceed the prescribed 3,000 daily limit.

    He added daily tourist arrivals during weekdays reached 1,500 to 1,800 while those during weekends stayed at about 5,000, still within the prescribed limit.

     Magalong said setting the limit was part of the city government's efforts to gradually and safely revive the heavily impacted tourism industry here.

    Daily tourist arrivals did not yet exceed the prescribed limit even if the city started accepting visitors from the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila) Plus bubble where bulk of the arrivals comes from, he said.

    The NCR Plus bubble covers Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces.

    Those who want to visit the country's summer capital were advised to register in the city's registration platform, visita.baguio.gov.ph, and for them to present proof of registration to quarantine control checkpoints and the central triage their respective QR-coded tourist passes and confirmed bookings in accredited tourist establishments.

     Some 374 hotels and transient houses in the city were issued certificates of accreditation and certificates of compliance by the regional office of the Dept. of Tourism that will allow them to accept tourists subject to existing guidelines from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.