The Department of Tourism on Tuesday warned hotels operating as quarantine facilities against accepting staycations after a flight attendant died in a Makati COVID-19 quarantine hotel during a party.
Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said hotels cannot operate both as a quarantine facility and as a leisure establishment.
"You cannot mix quarantine and leisure," she told reportr in a text message. "Lives are on the line and our economic recovery depends on everybody being responsible."
With Metro Manila still under general community quarantine, Romulo-Puyat said there are only 15 hotels in the capital region allowed to accept staycations.
These are:
- Grand Hyatt Hotel
- Makati Shangri-La Hotel
- Okada Manila Hotel
- Shangri-La at the Fort
- Nobu Hotel
- Joy Nostalg Hotel & Suites Manila
- EDSA Shangri-La Manila
- Solaire Resort & Casino
- Hyatt Regency City of Dreams
- Nuwa Hotel City of Dreams
- The Peninsula Manila
- Aruga by Rockwell
- Sheraton Manila Hotel
- Hilton Manila
- Hotel Okura Manila
Hotels that are not part of the list cannot accept staycations and risk losing their accreditation.
Asked what happens to hotels violating DOT policies, the tourism chief said: "We remove accreditation and so they cannot operate."
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