Republic of the Philippines hs
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES /( RECEIVED
Constitution Hills, Quezon City 2 pare, AUG 14 2010

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No, 3945

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

House Bill No. 3945

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL
CORPORATION TO PRINT POSTAGE STAMPS
DEPICTING PHILIPPINE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND
DESTINATIONS AND TO AFFIX THESE STAMPS ON
OUTGOING MAIL MATTERS TO ATTRACT FOREIGN
TOURISTS,

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

Section 1. This bill shall be known as the “Philippine
rism Stamps Act”,

Section 2, The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is
hereby mandated to print postage stamps in different
denominations as may be practical and convenient, depicting
different tourist attractions and destinations in the Philippines
with appropriate labels.

Section 3. The PHLPost shall require that the postage
stamps be affixed an outgoing mail matters,

Section 4. The PHLPost shall enlist the assistance of the
Department of Tourism (DOT) and Tourism Promotions Board
(TPB) in the identification, illustration and labeling of the tourist
attractions and destinations to be depicted in the postage
stamps.

Section 5. The DOT and TPB shall assist the PHLPost in the
Preparation of posters and other promotional materials to be
displayed in strategic places in the Philippines and in foreign


countries, in support of this promotional drive to elicit interest in
the Philippines as a major and world-class tourism destination.

Section 6. The President of the PHLPost shall include in its
Program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which
shall be included in the annual corporate operating budget of the
PHLPost.

Section 7. This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its

publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general
circulation.

Approved,