PH Opens Shores to Foreigners

Welcomes Tourists from Green List Countries 

Gate Opens November 22

19 November 2021

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the entry of vaccinated foreign leisure travelers or Tourist from green listed countries effective November 22. 

They will be required to submit the same negative RT-PCR test result taken 72 hours before date of departure.

Presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles confirmed that government reconsidered its position and issued  IATF Resolution 149-A, allowing also the entry of fully vaccinated foreigners who tested negative for COVID-19 using an RT-PCR test within 72 hours prior to arrival, provided they come from countries on the green list.

Previously, only Filipinos, Diplomats, and Foreign residents are permitted entry into the country with negative RT-PCR test results.

"We are calibrating steps in reopening our economy since tourism is a huge part of our growth," Nograles said during a briefing in Malacañang.

Leisure travelers from Yellow list countries are still prohibited from entering the country, according to Nograles.

IATF also increase entry restrictions to the country to 10,000 passengers per day to accommodate foreign tourists arrivals from green list countries.