{"id":246528,"date":"2020-02-29T04:24:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246528"},"modified":"2020-02-29T04:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T09:24:23","slug":"nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/29\/nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide mall sale postponed &#8216;until further notice&#8217; due to coronavirus concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_246529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246529\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246529\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Nationwide-mall-sale-postponed-until-further-notice-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement on Saturday, February 29, the Tourism department explained that it decided to postpone the nationwide mall sale portion of the 2020 Philippine Shopping Festival &#8220;until further notice&#8221; to ensure the safety of the public. (File photo: Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Adding to the number of events being affected due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak, the month-long nationwide mall sale scheduled to kick off on the first day of March was postponed by the Department of Tourism (DOT).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Saturday, February 29, the Tourism department explained that it decided to postpone the nationwide mall sale portion of the 2020 Philippine Shopping Festival &#8220;until further notice&#8221; to ensure the safety of the public.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v6.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3410047942355387\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3410047942355387\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>DOT POSTPONES NATIONWIDE MALL SALE TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY OF CITIZENSGiven the alarming rise in corona virus disease&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/\">Department of Tourism &#8211; Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3410047942355387\">Friday, February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;The DOT maintains its stance to prioritize the safety of its citizens more than visitor arrivals and revenue,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The DOT has already coordinated with the participating mall establishments in the sale, which, it said, were &#8216;supportive&#8217; of their decision to postpone the nationwide mall sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the event&#8217;s postponing, these malls are can still continue its day to day operations, the department added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;The DOT also recommends that malls follow the precautionary measures set by the Department of Health (DOH) such as checking the temperatures of mall-goers before allowing them to enter and the provision of more hand sanitizers in their premises,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, it also advised the general public to maintain proper hygiene and follow the DOH&#8217;s guidelines to keep themselves safe from the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dubbed as the &#8220;first-ever shopping festival&#8221; in the country, the 2020 Philippine Shopping Festival aims to promote the Philippines as a place where shopping is &#8220;fun, unique, and affordable,&#8221; according to the DOT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourism.gov.ph\/news_features\/1stPHLShoppingFest.aspx\">media release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not hard to see that elevating the shopping experience will go a long way to enhance the attractiveness of our tourist destinations all over the Philippines, whether it is our big cities or in our beautiful provinces,&#8221; Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat earlier said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve recognized this in the National Tourism Development Plan of 2016-2022, where leisure, entertainment and shopping tourism is one of the 10 products we want to further develop in the next few years,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding to the number of events being affected due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak, the month-long nationwide mall sale &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":246529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,3,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-lifestyle","category-travel","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246528"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246546,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246528\/revisions\/246546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}