Manila, May 2 -- Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has reaffirmed the country's commitment to the regional tourism cooperation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the road to recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
"More than ever, we are banking on the unity of the tourism industry to ensure that we will together endure and overcome these trying times," Puyat said in a news release issued Saturday.
She made the assertion during the Special ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting held recently.
Puyat was among the 12 leaders who attended the meeting held via teleconference.
She noted that coming from a record-breaking 8.26 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2019, Philippi...