In Bohol province, some cafés and restaurants on Alona Beach at Barangay Tawala, Panglao Island, were still closed. Health concerns and travel restrictions have put the tourism industry in the Visayas continuously on the edge. Maria Lester Ybañez, Cebu provincial tourism officer, told a story of a displaced boatman whose family would eat only sweet potato and salt when tourism activities had stopped. Aside from establishments in Panglao, also affected were resorts and other tourism establishments in Jagna and Anda towns popular for their pristine beaches and dive sites. Job lossesThe pandemic affected some 200,000 tourism industry workers in Bohol, with about 40 percent of them losing their jobs.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2021 21:00 UTC