Philippines reopening to vaccinated tourists from Thursday

February 7, 2022 Crime & Legal

After two years of border closures, the Philippines will be reopening its borders to fully vaccinated tourists from February 10.

The country initially had plans to reopen in December after an uptick in vaccinations and a decline in Covid-19 infections, however, the outbreak of the Omicron strain had thwarted these plans and put much of the country into another quasi-lockdown.

Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said the move to open up the tourist borders will “contribute significantly to job restoration, primarily in tourism-dependent communities, and in the reopening of businesses that have earlier shut down.”