Over 4K tourism workers affected by earthquake

At least 4,063 tourism workers in Northern Cebu have been affected to varying degrees by the recent magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT)-7, prompting the agency to endorse them for emergency cash assistance under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program.

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According to Gelena Asis-Dimpas, Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Regional Director of DOT-7, most of the affected individuals come from host communities and accommodation establishments in tourism sites that sustained varying degrees of damage.

“These are the tourism workers directly hit by the disruption, either their workplaces were damaged or they have limited operations due to the quake,” Dimpas said in a press briefing.

“Even those who were not severely affected physically but are unable to return to normal work conditions are included in our list,” she added.

The 4,063 affected workers are concentrated in Northern Cebu, the area most heavily hit by the earthquake on September 30, 2025, which was followed by strong tremors that continued for weeks.

DOT-7 has already endorsed their names to the DSWD for immediate processing of the said assistance.