00:00 The Department of Tourism launched a hotline to help locals and foreign tourists.
00:06 That is the Tourist Assistance Call Center that can be contacted at 151-8687.
00:13 You can ask here about accommodations, travel agencies, landmarks in the area you are going to,
00:20 what activities are there, or to complain.
00:23 Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco was the first to call the so-called hotline.
00:29 Frasco's project passed competitive bidding and all documents can be found on the DOT website.
00:36 The operation takes 24 hours but only 8 call center agents can be contacted.
00:42 It is planned to be extended to the next few weeks.
00:45 For now, only English and Tagalog can be contacted by call center agents
00:48 but they also plan to study other languages.
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