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THREAD: The Department of Tourism holds a press conference via Zoom cnn.ph

Updates by our digital producer @cathmodesto1

DOT Secretary @BernaPuyat: As of Jan. 2021, 765 hotels are listed as quarantine facilities

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat says there were 1,323,956 foreign visitors from January to December 2020

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat says they are talking with other countries to determine if travel bubbles are possible this year

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat says the reopening of tourist destinations is dependent on local governments

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat: We want our frontline workers in the tourism sector to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat says the results on the probe into City Garden Grand Hotel, where flight attendant Christine Dacera was last seen partying with her friends on New Year’s Eve, will be out this week

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat: Rest assured, it will be fair and just

RELATED: Anxious citizens are keeping tabs on the case of flight attendant Christina Dacera who died after a New Year's Eve party in a Makati hotel bit.ly/3bqaqFG

DOT has demanded a written explanation from City Garden Grand Hotel as to why they allowed Dacera and her friends to check in on New Year's Eve even if the property is a designated quarantine facility (1/2)

Accommodation establishments being used as quarantine facilities cannot accept bookings for leisure purposes to limit possible infections (2/2)

City Garden Grand Hotel claimed it has no liability on the death of Dacera bit.ly/38CqEd0

DOT Sec. Romulo Puyat has a message for those who fake COVID-19 test results: Every time you go to a tourist destination at nameke ka, you are not only endangering yourself, but also the locals

Earlier, a number of tourists were arrested in Boracay over fake COVID-19 test results bit.ly/3sg7ama

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat on accommodation establishments which accepted bookings for leisure purposes: Nagbigay na kami ng warning sa kanila pero kung gawin pa nila ulit, ipapasara na sila.

DOT Sec. Romulo-Puyat refuses to name which quarantine hotels accept staycation guests: Pero marami iyan. Hindi lang sa NCR.