MANILA - Southeast Asia'a tourism industry has declined by 80 percent over a year since COVID-19 began spreading across the world, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said Monday.
Hotels are banned from hosting meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions until their area has been placed under a modified general community quarantine , Romulo-Puyat said. Several tourist destinations like Bohol, Boracay, Baguio, El Nido, Coron, Siargao, Batangas, Laguna, and Rizal have begun accepting tourists on a limited scale, while other areas with low COVID-19 cases are expected to follow, she said.