Manila, July 10 -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong is warning tour agencies who are smuggling tourists into the city that they will be dealt with accordingly.

In a public advisory on Friday, Magalong said "the City Mayor's Office had been receiving reports that some tour agencies are already accepting reservations despite quarantine restrictions."

"We underscore, Baguio City remains closed to tourists and leisure activities while the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) still hovers; and, while quarantine measures are still in effect," the advisory said.

The city government has repeatedly announced that it is still closed to tourists and might open its borders to visitors only in September, the earliest, or depending on the Covid-19 situation in ...