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Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Tourism is one of the anchor industries upon which the
national government is relying in order to attain the status of a
newly industrialized country in Asia. Tourism authorities in the
world concede that the Philippines has an abundance of tourist
areas of unspeakable beauty, some of them have already been
developed and others are already beautiful in their natural state.

To further accelerate our tourism promotion efforts which
campaign slogan is “It’s more Fun in the Philippines", it is
necessary that we make known the existence of the famous
tourist destinations in the country, arouse the interest of tourists
about these areas and whet their appetite about the
extraordinary beauty of these Philippine Tourist Spots.

This we can do by means of postage stamps affixed on
outgoing mail especially to foreign destinations. These will depict
the tourist areas in our country and advertise these beautiful
Spots areas to foreign potential tourists without extra cost for the
government. Surely this could trigger interest for more
information about the tourists’ areas which our Department of
Tourism and Tourism Promotions Board can provide that could
attract foreigners to visit the Philippines.


This proposed bill shall require the Philippine Postal Service
to print postage stamps depicting tourist areas in the country
and impose the requirement of affixing these stamps on all mail
matter from the time of the approval of this act up to the time our
targeted tourism revenues have been attained by the government.

Support for this measure is earnestly requested.

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ERIC OLIVAREZ


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1813
House Bill No.

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL
SERVICE TO PRINT POSTAGE STAMPS
DEPICTING PHILIPPINE TOURIST SPOTS AND
TO REQUIRE THAT THESE STAMPS BE AFFIXED
ON ALL OUTGOING MAIL MATTER FOR A
CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO ATTRACT
FOREIGN TOURISTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by Congress in session assembled:

Section 2. The Philippine Postal Corporation shall cause the
Printing of postage stamps in different denominations as may be
practical and convenient, depicting the different, tourism areas in
the Philippines with appropriate labels.

Section 3. The Philippine Postal Corporation shall impose
the requirement that the tourism stamps so printed shall be
affixed on all outgoing mail during a certain period of time,

Section 4. The Philippine Postal Corporation shall enlist the
assistance of the Department of Tourism and Tourism
Promotions Board

in the identification, illustration and labeling of the tourist areas
to be depicted in the postage stamps.

Section 5. The Department of Tourism and the Tourism
Promotions Board shall assist the Philippine Postal Service in the
preparation of posters to be posted in strategic places in the


Philippines and in foreign countries in support of the
international drive to arouse interest in the tourist areas in the
Philippines.

Section 6. The funds required for the implementation of this
act shall be taken from the appropriation of the Philippine Postal
Service for the calendar years 2013 and the years thereafter.

Section 7. This act shall take effect upon approval hereof,

Approved,