The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that tourism workers in areas hit by natural and man-made calamities are now given priority in terms of government financial aid. The announcement was made on Thursday, 23rd January, as the DOT formalised a partnership with the country's Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD.) The memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the partnership, titled with the vernacular translation of Cooperating for a Future with Hope in Tourism, was