BAGUIO CITY: Local tourism stakeholders have blamed worsening traffic congestion in the city for the steady decline in tourist arrivals since the start of the year.

Anthony de Leon, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio and general manager of the Baguio Country Club, recently disclosed that hotels in the city began feeling the consistent drop in arrivals during the Holy Week this year when occupancy rate was 60 percent compared to the 90 percent in 2018.