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The travel and tourism industry contributed 8.6% to the country's GDP in 2023; [1] this was lower than the 12.7% recorded in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns. [2] Coastal tourism, encompassing beach and diving activities, constitutes 25% of the Philippines' tourism revenue, serving as its primary income source in the sector. [3]
Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Tourism has 11 members. The President Pro Tempore , the Majority Floor Leader , and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members. Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020: [ 2 ]
The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), formerly the Philippine Tourism Authority (Filipino: Pangasiwaang Pilipino sa Turismo), is an agency of the Philippine national government under the Department of Tourism responsible for implementing policies and programs of the department pertaining to the development, promotion, and supervision of tourism projects in the ...
A Philippine Tourism Commission was created under the unified Trade and Tourism Department to oversee the growth of the tourism industry as a source of economic benefit for the country. In 1973, President Ferdinand Marcos created a new cabinet-level Department of Tourism (DOT) by splitting the Department of Trade and Tourism into two separate ...
From Philippines: "Philippines in Figures 2014" (PDF). National Statistics Office; From Aklan: "Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities" (PDF). 2010 Census and Housing Population. National Statistics Office
Besides severe health concerns, water pollution also leads to problems in the fishing and tourism industries. [34] The national government recognized the problem and since 2004 has sought to introduce sustainable water resources development management (see below). [35] Only 10% of the total population is connected to a sewer network. [36]
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) tourism satellite account (TSA) is a system of measurement recognized by the United Nations to define the extent of an economic sector that is not so easily defined as industries like forestry or oil and gas [15] Tourism does not fit neatly into a statistical model; because it is not so much dependent ...
Philippine Tourism (Department of Tourism) Campaigns & Grey: Tagline for a tourism campaign to promote the Philippines that contains a "cartoony" logo: The tagline's logo was alleged to be plagiarized from Poland's Polska tourism campaign. Campaigns & Grey said that the campaign and logo were released prematurely. [7] BF-GF: 2011