The island province of Catanduanes is set to welcome tourists once again

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

After maintaining lockdowns followed by travel restrictions for two years due to the pandemic, tourism players in the island province of Catanduanes are all set to welcome tourists once again.

The province has been getting several inquiries from tourists worldwide, mainly from those visiting the island as the airport in the capital town of Virac reopened on March, 2022, explained Carmel Bonifacio Garcia, the provincial tourism officer. As of Friday, the province has only three remaining active COVID-19 cases. It has been under Alert Level 1 since March 1.

To quote Garcia, “There are no longer restrictions for tourists who are fully [vaccinated]. All they need to do is just present [vaccination] card and identification card, and for those who [are] partially [vaccinated] and unvaccinated, negative RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) or antigen test valid for three days from the date of testing will do.”

She also mentioned that with the decreasing level of the alert, which is locally supported by an executive order issued by Gov. Joseph Cua, domestic flights had increased in numbers. At present, the Catanduanes domestic airport, every week, is serving to four flights since March 4. By March 27, daily flights are expected to start once again.

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