Tiêu đề chap 1- THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM INDUSTRY.pdf ✅

The five (5) government agencies directly involved in the tourism industry are: the Department of Tourism (DOT), the Philippine Tourism Promotions Board (PTPB), the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), the Duty Free Philippines Corporation (DFOC) and the municipal, City and Provincial Local Government Units (LGUs). The Department of Tourism Established by virtue of President Decree No. 189 in 1973, the Department of Tourism was reorganized into its former set-up by Executive Order No. 120, in accordance with Article II, Section I and Article III of the Freedom Constitution of 1986. The Department of Tourism his reorganized into its present set-up in accordance with Section 107 of Republic Act 9593, otherwise known as the Tourism Act of 2009, and the promulgation of its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) as published in November of 2009. In Section 4 of the IRR, the Department of Tourism, as the national government’s organization overseeing the country’s tourism industry, is mandated to: "...be the primary planning, programming, coordinating, implementing and regulatory government agency in the development and promotion of the tourism industry, both domestic and international, in coordination with its attached agencies and other government instrumentalities. It shall instill in the Filipino the industry's fundamental importance in the generation of employment, investments and foreign exchange" There are nineteen (19) stated powers and functions of the Department of Tourism. These are as follows: (a) Formulate tourism policies, plans and projects for the development of tourism as an engine of socio-economic and cultural growth; (b) Supervise and coordinate the implementation of tourism policies, plans and project (c) Call upon all agencies of government to properly carry out their programs in Relation to and in coordination with the policies, plans and projects of the Department and to assist in the implementation thereof; (d) Communicate to the President, and the heads of departments, agencies and Instrumentalities of the government, the impact upon tourism and the economy of proposed governmental actions; (e) Provide an integrated market development program to attract people to visit The Philippines and enhance the prestige of the country and the Filipino people in the international community; (f) Represent the government in all domestic and international conferences and fora, and in all multilateral or bilateral treaties and international agreements concerning tourism, and ensure the government’s implementation thereof and compliance with all obligations arising there from; (g) Request the President for representation in all government agencies, offices, boards, Source: http://tourism.gov.ph/