DoT to coordinate on quake-hit tourist destinations, heritage sites

FROM President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive to lend assistance to the areas affected by the earthquake on July 27, Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco has directed DoT regional offices to coordinate with their respective local government units (LGUs) to determine the extent of damage, and extend assistance to tourism-related establishments (TREs) affected.

Frasco also directed the DoT's infrastructure arm, the Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), to explore the assistance that the agency can extend particularly on the cultural and heritage sites affected by the intense quake that rocked the northern part of Luzon.