Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and National Task Force Against Covid-19 (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar Vince Dizon led the ceremonial vaccination of tourism workers in Boracay on July 7.

Puyat said that the inoculation program targets an initial 3,000 tourism workers. Of this number, 2,178 are employed in accommodation establishments, 308 in restaurants and 140 in tourist transport, while 374 are tourism frontline personnel, including tour guides, boatmen, e-trike drivers, airport and seaport frontliners, and aqua/water sports providers.

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