Article 73p. 73

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

The Department Proper shall consist of the Offices of

the

Secretary

and

Undersecretaries

which

shall

be

responsible for the preparation and development of

policies, plans, programs and projects of the Department.

CHAPTER 2 Department Proper

SECTION 5. Office of the Secretary . — The Office of

the Secretary shall consist of the Secretary and his

immediate staff.

SECTION 6. Undersecretaries . — The Secretary shall

be assisted by four (4) Undersecretaries, namely:

(1) Undersecretary for Planning, Product Development

and Coordination, who shall be responsible for the Office

of Tourism Development Planning, Office of Product

Development and Office of Tourism Coordination;

(2) Undersecretary for Tourism Services and Regional

Offices, who shall be responsible for the Office of Tourism

Standards and all Regional Offices;

(3) Undersecretary for Tourism Promotions, who shall

be responsible for the Bureau of International Tourism

Promotion, Bureau of Domestic Tourism Promotions and

Office of Tourism Information; and

(4) Undersecretary for Internal Services, who shall be

responsible for the Financial and Management Service,

Administrative Service and Legal Service.

CHAPTER 3 Department Services

SECTION

7.

Department

Service

Character

and

Head . — The Department Services shall be essentially

staff in character, each of which shall be headed by a

Service Chief. [(1987), Sec. 14]

SECTION 8. Financial and Management Service . —

The Financial and Management Service shall provide the

Department

with

staff

advice

and

assistance

on

budgetary, financial and management matters and shall

perform such other related functions as may be assigned

or delegated to it by the Secretary.

SECTION

9.

Administrative

Service .

—

The

Administrative Service shall provide the Department with

staff advice and assistance on personnel information,

records,

communications,

supplies,

equipment,

collection, disbursements, security, other custodial work

and such other related duties and responsibilities as may

be assigned or delegated to it by the Secretary.

SECTION 10. Legal Service . — The Legal Service shall

provide the Department with staff advice and assistance

on

all

legal

matters

affecting

the

Department and

perform such other related functions as may be assigned

or delegated to it by the Secretary.

CHAPTER 4 Bureaus and Offices

SECTION 11. Bureau and Office Character and Head .

— The Bureaus and Offices shall be essentially staff in

character, each of which shall be headed by a Staff

Director.

SECTION 12. Bureau of Domestic Tourism Promotions

and Information . — The Bureau of Domestic Tourism

Promotions and Information shall have the following

functions:

(1)

Organize

and

coordinate

programs

of

public

relations, promotions, and publicity; encourage domestic

tourism

and

encourage

overseas

visitors

to

travel

throughout the Philippines;

(2) Design and provide support for dissemination of

materials

for

publicity

as

tourist

attractions

in

the

Philippines; promote educational and cultural tours to

increase travel within the country;

(3) Promote, organize and provide support for tourist

councils;

(4) Plan promotional campaigns through advertising

and publicity and coordinate promotional efforts with the

private sector through sales campaigns and information

dissemination; and

(5) Organize special events for the promotion of local

destinations.

SECTION

13.

Bureau

of

International

Tourism

Promotions .

— The Bureau of International Tourism

promotions shall have the following functions:

(1) Generate favorable publicity on the Philippines;

(2) Disseminate current information on the country

and its tourist products;

(3)

Provide

support for the private sector in the

promotional campaign;

(4) Organize special events to promote the country as

a tourist destination;

(5)

Gather

market

intelligence

and

research

information on tourist markets through the Foreign Field

Offices;

(6) Monitor trends and developments in international

tourism through the Foreign Field Offices;

(7) Organize, set up and participate in international

meetings, conferences and conventions on tourism; and

(8)

Supervise

foreign

field

offices

charged

with

coordinating

and

assisting

in

the

marketing

and

promotional activities and programs of the Department.

SECTION 14. Office of Tourism Information . — The

Office of Tourism Information shall have the following

functions:

(1) Promote a continuing wholesome and informative

relationship between the Department and the travelling

public;

(2)

Cause

the

widest

publicity

of

existing

and

forthcoming activities and programs of the Department

through a functional relationship with the media; and

(3) Organize and disseminate promotional and tourist

information

materials

to

various

tourist

assistance

centers.

SECTION 15. Office of Tourism Standards . — The

Office of Tourism Standards shall have the following

functions:

(1)

Approve

the

construction

standards

of

tourism-oriented establishments including hotels, resorts,

inns, motels, and other related facilities and services,

prescribe information reporting on purchase, sale or lease

of accredited tourism-oriented facilities and ensure a

harmonious, positive and constructive development of

the tourism industry;

(2)

Formulate

operating

standards

for

tourism-oriented establishments including hotels and

resorts,

restaurants,

inns,

motels,

and

other

related

facilities and services, that will prescribe minimum levels

of operating quality and efficiency in order to ensure that

facilities,

personnel

and

services

are

maintained

in

accordance

with

acceptable

local

and

international

norms

in

the

operations

of

tourism-oriented

establishments;

(3) Regulate and issue licenses to qualified travel

agencies in accordance with the rules and regulations

promulgated by the Secretary;

(4) Encourage formation of industry associations for

accreditations by the Department;

(5) Assist in auditioning Filipino entertainers in order to

project properly and enhance the Filipino image in the

entertainment field and thereby gain better international

respect and reputation; and

(6) Coordinate with all agencies concerned on the

enforcement of rules and regulations promulgated by the

Department.

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