PPA estimates 5.1M sea travelers for holiday season

The Philippine Ports Authority is anticipating a complete of 5.1 million folks to flock to seaports throughout the nation for the 2023 vacation season, up from 4.7 million passengers recorded final 12 months, in accordance with a ”24 Oras Weekend” report by Paul Hernandez on Saturday.

Passengers saved coming to Batangas Port as ships had been free to depart as quickly as they had been full.

As of Saturday afternoon, greater than 16,000 passengers had been recorded at Batangas Port.

Meanwhile, the Port of Lucena in Quezon has served greater than 2,000 passengers sure for Romblon and Marinduque since midnight.

The Philippine Coast Guard has stationed personnel inside and out of doors ports and has requested ship operators to chorus from overloading passenger ships. — Jiselle Anne Casucian/VBL, GMA Integrated News