The City Tourism Office has revealed the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines will save the tourism industry that was greatly affected since the start of the pandemic.

Sarita Sebastian, City Tourism Officer said, "Vaccines will save tourism to restart."

The tourism officer explained, when a person is vaccinated, he or she is comfortable to travel and people will also patronize areas such as hotels if people there were also vaccinated.

She added, they were asking hopefully tourism industry workers will be placed under the A4 priority for vaccination or essential workers.

Currently, the City is vaccinating the A1 priority health workers, A2 senior citizens, A3 persons with comorbidities and A4 economic frontliners.

"If more are vaccinated, 70 percent of the population, more tourist will come." Sebastian said.

Locals also may patronize tourism establishments once many are vaccinated.

Recall, the City has been closed to tourists and non-essential travels since March last year, following the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) amidst the public health risk of Covid-19.13

The tourism industry was greatly affected to include the City's premier destination Sta. Cruz Island and Once Islas.
(R.G Antonet Go, photo courtesy by Angel Juarez from Lakwatsero website)