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

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 241 ?

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLTVAREZ~.__

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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.

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Support for this measure is earnestly requested.

Gee Ls ~
ERIC L., OLIVAREZ


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

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Ist Regular Session

House Bill No. 2417

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,