Lenten ‘staycations’ within NCR Plus suspended under ECQ

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Hotels and other accommodation during the Holy Week has stricter guidelines imposed by the Department of Tourism. Operational guidelines issued last Sunday by Tourism Secretary, Ms. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, suggests an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces – Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan. This seven-day period that started Monday, March 29, mandates the following regulations for hotels and resorts.

The Department of Tourism has issued strict new guidelines for the operation of DOT-accredited hotels and other accommodation establishments during the Holy Week in the light of a new surge of Covid-19 cases in the country.

The interim operational guidelines issued on Sunday by Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat came in the wake of the imposition of an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and four surrounding provinces for the seven-day period starting Monday, March 29.

In an advisory to all hotels, resorts, apartment hotels, motels and other such establishments in the country, the DOT effectively suspended the operation of “staycation” hotels for leisure guests within the so-called NCR Plus bubble, which covers Metro Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan.

1. Isolation facilities, for Covid-19 positive guests;
2. Quarantine hotels, for individuals who must undergo quarantine, such as returning overseas Filipinos; foreign nationals allowed entry to the country; those unable to quarantine in their homes; and health workers who need accommodation near their place of work; and;
3. Regular hotels, which are neither isolation facilities nor quarantine hotels and includes hotels with issued Certificates of Authority to Operate for Staycation. In the advisory, regular hotels under ECQ and modified ECQ can accommodate only guests with long-term leases; locally stranded individuals or those transiting to their place of residence; and authorized persons outside of residence (APOR) pursuant to their official duties.

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