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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No._10476

Introduced by Honorable Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Calamba City is considered the “Hot Spring Capital” of the Philippines. It offers
excellent resort accommodations with modern facilities and amenities. Most of the
resorts are concentrated at barangays Pansol, Bucal and Kalsada, Unknown to many,
these places are also eco-tourism sites. Plant lovers would discover that ornamental
gardens abound in these barangays, selling different kinds of plants, compost, fertilizers,
pots, tools and landscaping products.

Although “Pansol” (among other places in Calamba City) has become a byword
for hot springs, it never achieved its full potentials as a tourist spot due to lack of
government recognition and support.

This bill seeks to address this historic neglect, first by giving due recognition to
the Calamba hot springs as tourist destinations and second by mandating the government
to plan and implement development programs in these localities. As one of the main
drivers of progress, tourism will certainly be instrumental towards our economic
recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is carnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No._ 10476

Introduced by Honorable Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.

AN ACT
DECLARING THE HOT SPRINGS IN BARANGAYS PANSOL, KALSADA AND
BUCAL IN THE CITY OF CALAMBA, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA AS TOURIST
DESTINATIONS, PROVIDING FOR THEIR) DEVELOPMENT AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The Hot Springs located in Barangays Pansol, Kalsada and Bucal in
the City of Calamba, Province of Laguna (Calamba Hot Springs) are hereby declared
tourist destinations. As such, they shall be accorded with priority development by the
Department of Tourism and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the
development of a tourist destination.

SEC. 2. The Department of Tourism, in coordination with the local government
units and other concerned agencies of the government shall, within one (1) year after the
approval of this Act, prepare a development plan involving the construction, installation,
and maintenance of such appropriate facilities and infrastructure as shall enhance
tourism in the areas; Provided, That said development plan shall ensure the preservation
and conservation of the natural resources of the areas.

SEC. 3. The Department of Tourism shall take immediate steps in implementing
the tourism development plan that will suit the natural characteristics of the
Calamba Hot Springs and shall incorporate the same in its overall development plans
and programs for national implementation.


SEC. 4, It shall also be the responsibility of the Department of Tourism to
promote the Calamba Hot Springs as tourism areas in all its national, regional, and local
promotion programs.

SEC. 5. The Department of Tourism shall issue the rules and regulations to
effectively implement the provisions of this Act within sixty (60) days from its
effectivity.

SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Department of Tourism shall include in the
Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law
and thereafter.

SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, executive order, rules and regulations, or parts or
provisions thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following completion of its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,