DAVAO CITY — The tourism industry in Davao Region will continue despite the implementation of Uniformed Border Control for the residents in the region.
Regional Inter-Agency Task Force 11 (RIATF 11) on COVID-19 chairman and Department of the Interior and Local Government 11 (DILG 11) regional director Alex Roldan in a media briefing emphasized “We have to accept this that tourism is one of our employment generator.”
Roldan said they want to revive the tourism industry in the regions they are the ones affected by COVID-19 pandemic.
No one will be barred in the border if they can present a 72-hour negative RT-PCR test result upon entering the region, he added.
Also, Roldan said before entering here for tourism, people must have a confirmed booking first before before they will be allowed to proceed.
The RIATF 11 chairman reiterated that the Uniformed Border Control policy is not a lock down but a regulation on non-essential activities.
He said the local government units (LGU) in the region only want to sustain the low COVID-19 cases logged as of the moment and avoid the resurgence.
“We want to have a control, without sacrificing the effort. But we have to balance it, the effort of economic recovery,” he said.
Roldan said the implementation of the Uniformed Border Control will now depend on the concerned LGU since they have the enforcement power.
On Saturday, the Davao City government already issued an executive order adopting the RIATF 11 resolution on Uninformed Border Control.
The city will intensify its border monitoring in Marilog District where people from Arakan, North Cotabato and some towns in Bukidnon Province pass through. ARMANDO FENEQUITO
