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‘Passengers affected by travel bubble may avail of free rebooking’

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Travelers who will be affected by the travel bubble in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces may now avail of free rebooking.

On Wednesday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) have released the necessary issuance for the free rebooking.

“Good news for those whose booking was cancelled because of stricter measures related to the NCR Plus bubble, they could rebook or get a refund from airlines and shipping companies,” Transportation Undersecretary Artemio Tuazon said during a television interview.

He said this is because the pandemic is considered as “force majeure.”

On Monday, the government enforced the “travel bubble” in NCR, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan, which was collectively called “NCR Plus” in its attempt to arrest the influx of new Covid-19 cases in the said area.

During the travel bubble, which will be effective from March 22 to April 4, people could only travel to and from NCR Plus for “essential” purposes such as work, business, medical reason or other official transaction.

Those, who will leave for “non-essential” reasons such as tourism will be temporarily barred from passing through the “travel bubble” on the boundaries of NCR Plus.

The “travel bubble” affected people who have scheduled out-of-town trips in time for the start of the Holy Week break next week.

For those residing in the NCR Plus, Malacañang said they could still engage in tourism activities, but only within the areas covered by the travel bubble.

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