Tourists can avail of free booster shots in Boracay- DoT

BORACAY Island, Aklan- Both foreign and local tourists could avail of a free booster shots while taking their vacation in this resort island,

DoT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced this Friday in a ceremonial resbakuna program at the Citymall here. ”

Thank you to Watsons for this. Both foreign and domestic tourists could avail their free booster shots at Watsons-Citymall Boracay,” she said. Tourists who visit Boracay could avail of the free offer through walk -in.

For his part, Secretary Vivencio B. Dizon, Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar of the National Task Force (NTF) said that aside from the Watsons they are also eyeing other pharmacies here in Boracay in the coming weeks.

“Boracay has been among the first tourism destinations in the country who have been considered as hundredth percent vaccinated. I hope other local government units in the country will do the same,” he said, In a related report,

No less than Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puya said that Boracay is now ready for so-called ‘revenge tourism.’ In a press conference here Friday,

Puyat said that Boracay was one of their highly recommended tourist destinations in the Philippines. Puyat was here to grace her support for the resbakuna for pedia and booster shots for both residents and tourists.

Coming along with here were Secretary Vivencio B. Dizon, Deputy Chief Implementer and Testing Czar of the National Task Force (NTF); Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, Chief Implementer of the NTF; and Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales, Office of the Presidential Assistant- Visayas.

Revenge tourism is defined as those tourists wanting to go on vacation after a series of lockdowns brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Boracay is ready since residents and hotel workers here registered more than a hundredth percent vaccination rate against Covid-19. More than a hundredth percent because vaccinated workers coming from outside the Aklan province were hired by the hotels and various establishments here,” she said.

While in Boracay, tourists could avail free booster shots through a walk in at the Watson Pharmacy at the Citymall here.

Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores that the province tracing QR Code System is also ready as the QR Code are now automatically computer generated for those tourists who present complete requirements.

According to John Christopher Villa, a manager of the Sugba de Boracay said that they are already preparing exotic foods that are favorites of foreign tourists especially Chinese and South Koreans.