TOURISM ON.Baguio City remains to be a favorite destination of tourists with thousands coming over after the city government re-opened its borders to non-essential travelers. The city tourism office has imposed a 3,000 limit of tourist arrivals per day. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY -Even after the city government has increased the number of tourists that will be allowed to enter the Summer Capital to 3,000 daily from 2,000, the slots for all weekends of December have been filled-up. Information provided by city tourism officer Engr. Aloysius Mapalo on Tuesday said the 3,000 daily limits for December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, and 24 have all been reserved and blocked. The city allows and gives quick response travel passes (QTP) to non-resident travelers going to Baguio for unnecessary travel or those that are classified under the category of tourist thru the tourist online registration platform visita.baguio.gov.ph. The weekend before December was also blocked as registrations reached the 3,000 ceiling per day. Mapalo said that aside from the registered tourist arrivals, the city is also accepting visitors who have the blue QR-coded tourist pass (QTPs) issued by some local hotels that have been permitted to operate their triage like the Forest Lodge and the Manor at Camp John Hay and the Baguio Country Club. The blue QTPs are not included in the limit as they are tourists that go straight to their hotels that operate their triage which had passed the standards imposed by the City Health Services Office (CHSO). The city tourism officer urged visitors to be responsible tourists by simply following the prescribed process and complying with the requirements to be able to enter the city. "We apologize to those who we cannot accommodate anymore, we're still making it safe for everyone," Mapalo said He warned visitors who do not have the issued QTPs that personnel manning the border checkpoints will turn them away back to their points of origin since it has been clear from the start that tourists wanting to enter the city must first register in the registration platform and await for the issuance of their QTPs. The city started to accept tourists on the last week of October after closing the border to non-essential travels due to the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. When it re-opened to tourists, only 2,000 per day was allowed as part of the efforts to allow the gradual and safe opening of the city under the guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force. During pre-pandemic, December recorded the most number of tourist arrivals in the city due to the cold weather condition. (PNA) }