Manila, Sept. 7 -- The Philippines, through the Department of Tourism (DOT), hosted the virtual edition of the 3rd International Conference on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (Asean MRA-TP) that is expected to largely influence the department's Tourism Response and Recovery Plan, particularly its human resource component.
"We reaffirm our commitment not only to our Philippine tourism stakeholders but to our colleagues in the Asean through this conference, with its aim to raise awareness of the MRA-TP and equip Asean tourism professionals for restarting in the new normal," Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said.
To ensure that the nation's tourism-related labor forc...