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‘Very busy’ Duterte unlikely to visit Boracay soon: spokesperson

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 12:52 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is “very busy” and is unlikely to visit Boracay anytime soon, Malacañang said Friday, as the resort island reopened to more tourists after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered it for about half a year. 
 
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Wear anti-virus mask in Boracay, but remove when swimming: Tourism chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 10:15 AM

Tourists who wish to visit resort island Boracay must observe health and safety protocols but may remove their face masks when swimming, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat said Friday.
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Boracay is now open

AFP
Posted at Oct 02 09:56 AM

A resident wearing a face mask walks along a beach in Boracay on Thursday, the first day of the opening of the island to tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Boracay Island reopens with strict health safety protocols

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:47 PM

More than two dozen tourists arrived in Boracay Island Thursday, the first day of its re-opening, after months of closure due to the pandemic. 
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LIST: AirAsia releases flight schedules for October 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:24 PM

The airline said select flights are open for booking via the airasia.com website and its mobile app. 
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AirAsia Japan’s fate to be known within week, founder says

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 01 07:31 PM

Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group is considering closing down its Japan operation and a final decision can be expected within a week, its chief executive said Thursday, citing the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry.
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Going on ‘staycation’? Here’s what you need to know

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 05:25 PM

The Philippines’ tourism department has released guidelines for those who want to go on “staycations” in hotels that the coronavirus pandemic had shuttered for about half a year, Malacañang said Thursday. 
 
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PAL moves resumption of Boracay flights to Oct. 4

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 02:41 PM

Philippine Airlines on Thursday said it has rescheduled the resumption of its services to Caticlan to October 4 and onwards, from the originally-planned start-up today.
 
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Baguio reopens doors to Ilocos Region tourists

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 12:25 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)- The summer capital of the Philippines reopened its tourism industry on Thursday but limited the number of local tourists from Ilocos Region to 200 per day only.
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Bakasyon sa Baguio? Alamin ang mga panuntunan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 11:28 AM

Ibinahagi ni Baguio City Police Chief Allen Rae Co ang mga panuntunan na dapat sundin ng mga turistang pupunta roon. 
 
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600 million trips may be made in China for 8-day holiday amid pandemic

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 01 10:58 AM

Independent tours, car rentals and high-end hotels are “popular bookings” during the holiday to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the communist People’s Republic of China and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Boracay residents on edge as island reopening nears

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:22 PM

Boracay Island is set to reopen to domestic tourists on October 1, amid the persistent threat of COVID-19 in the Philippines.
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Travel slump threatens 46 million jobs, aviation group says

Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 09:27 PM

PARIS – The impact of the coronavirus on travel may cost as many as 46 million jobs globally, according to projections published on Wednesday by an aviation industry group.
 
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DOT chief Puyat goes on self-quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 08:51 PM

Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has been advised to go on a 10-day self-quarantine after she had close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
 
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Mga taga-Boracay may halong pananabik, kaba sa pagbubukas ng isla sa turista

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 05:46 PM

Maganda man ito sa ekonomiya, naroon din ang kaba para sa mga nagtatrabaho sa lugar. 
 
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Travel-starved Pinoys want to visit Boracay, Batanes, Bohol: tour group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:36 AM

Filipinos who have been under varying degrees of pandemic lockdowns for nearly half a year want to visit Boracay, Batanes, Bohol, Palawan, and Cebu, a group of travel agencies said Wednesday, citing an independent survey. 
 
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The future of Airbnb

Elaine Glusac, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 30 11:23 AM

In the travel wreckage caused by the pandemic, home sharing has emerged as battered, but with a steady pulse, as rental houses became social-distancing refuges for the travel-starved.
 
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Thailand extends state of emergency, allows some foreign tourists

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 09:11 PM

Thailand on Tuesday extended its state of emergency for yet another month to control the spread of the coronavirus, while easing restrictions on the entry of foreigners to gradually reopen its vital tourism industry.
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Philippine Airlines to revive Boracay flights starting Oct. 1

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 06:57 PM

Philippine Airlines said Tuesday it would reopen flights to Boracay to boost domestic tourism as the island reopens on Oct. 1.
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Thailand to slowly restart tourism with flight from China

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 03:48 PM

Thailand will receive its first foreign vacationers when a flight from China arrives next week, marking the gradual restart of a vital tourism sector battered by coronavirus travel curbs, a senior official said on Tuesday.
 
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