2 Lodges Get WTTC Safe Travels Stamp

TWO lodges in Manila had been the to start with to get the Globe Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Risk-free Travels Stamp, the Department of Tourism (DOT) mentioned yesterday.

The DOT formally welcomed Joy Nostalg Lodge & Suites Manila and Grand Hyatt Resort as the very first two recipients of the WTTC Harmless Travels Stamp issued via the Tourism Section.

The WTTC Harmless Travels Stamp is the world’s to start with-at any time world-wide protection and cleanliness stamp, to give recognition to governments and enterprises all over the entire world that have adopted health and cleanliness globally-standardized protocols, supplying tourists ‘Safe Travels’ working experience.

In September 2020, the Philippines was named as the 100th country to get the stamp, after staying assessed as acquiring in location, health and fitness and protection rules (HSG) that are aligned with the WTTC’s main needs.

“Following this milestone, the DOT has taken the role as Secure Vacation Ambassador, advocating the implementation of the harmless vacation protocols and the enrolment not only of tourism enterprises (TEs) but a lot more importantly, of locations that are compliant with reported protocols. We enjoin far more destinations and companies to secure this seal of superior housekeeping to improved leverage our place as a harmless tourism place,” DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat stated.

Aside from becoming promoted in the sites and social media platforms of the DOT and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the recipients gain from world wide publicity and the vast community of WTTC member businesses as properly as brand name consciousness with the logos distinctly posted at the WTTC web page.

“While our staycation resorts are really experienced, owning previously passed the DOT HSGs on top rated of the rigid star-ranking assessment, they nevertheless have to have to apply. As bearers of this stamp, they have the responsibility to sustain implementation of DOT HSGs and making sure that these continue being aligned with those of the WTTC,” the tourism main cautioned.

“Meanwhile, we will aggressively go after our marketing campaign to enlist the local locations that have reopened so that when intercontinental journey restrictions start off to take it easy and with a prosperous vaccination plan restoring world-wide vacation self-assurance, our nation would be major- of-intellect between the most secure places in the world,” the secretary said.

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