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DOT Sec. Berna Romulo-Puyat on the recent World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit: 1,289 from over 50 countries attended the summit, 30 were government delegation.

DOT: WTTC is the most influential travel summit in the world. Ito ang gold standard.

DOT: WTTC attendees compared notes and good practices on how we can travel and promote tourism without compromising health and safety (since we are still in a pandemic) and sustainable tourism.

DOT: Nakuha natin yung ‘safe travel’ stamp from WTTC in September 2020 meaning, world standard yung ating health and safety protocols.

DOT: Farm tourism has been boosted because people want to know where their food comes from.

DOT: People now want meaningful and experiential travel with their loved ones.

DOT: 98% of tourism workers are already vaccinated nationwide. We’re already on our booster program. But in NCR, 100% na, 75% ang boosted.

DOT: Hindi tinanggal ang RT-PCR (requirement for foreigners), dinagdagan lang yung options: 48 hours negative RT-PCR test before departure or 24-hour lab-based negative antigen test result.

Bayaning Tsuper Partylist first nominee Alex Abaton: Ang BTS ay nabuo noong 2018 as a road safety movement particularly in Zamboanga City.

Abaton: Nakita natin, even now, one of the continuing challenges ay yung road crash incidents.

Abaton: I was formerly the regional director of LTO Region 9 for 20 years, may transport background talaga.

Abaton: Almost more than 4,000 (members) kami sa Region 9 pero ang platapormang dala namin (BTS Partylist) ay pangkalahatan.

Abaton: Ang magpapadisiplina po sa mga tao sa daan ay hindi law enforcement, it’s really the education tulad ng ginawa ng Taiwan, Malaysia, at Vietnam.

CLICK Partylist first nominee Darlon Sayarot: CLICK stands for Computer Literacy Innovation Connectivity and Knowledge. We believe that technology is the way forward. We want to automate local and national government system and we want to innovate industries using technology.

Sayarot: Technology is for everyone. We want to push for digital infrastructure in our country para pumantay sa mga karatig-bansa.

Sayarot: One of our priority legislations is free internet for public school students, as well as equipment like laptop.

Sayarot: We don’t need to make new technology. We just need to Implement best practices.