In a statement, DoLE said it will also provide livelihood training programs to help the workers, whose incomes declined due to the dearth of tourism during the pandemic.
“DoLE implements productivity and livelihood programs which could raise the level of tourism and entrepreneurial services of Department of Tourism -trained community tour guides represented by pedicab drivers, vendors, and tourism-oriented small-scale enterprises such as souvenir shops,” Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma said.Mr. Laguesma said Intramuros, a walled city built during the colonial period, was the pilot site for the project.
“More communities in other parts of Metro Manila are set to benefit from DoLE’s livelihood assistance program,” he said. The DoT has said that over a million workers in the industry were affected by the coronavirus pandemic. —