MODULE5

LearningOut comes:
1.Explaintheinternati
onal t
ourism or ganizations;
2.Getacquai ntedwi t
ht heregional touri
stor ganizati
on;
3.Discusst heroleofanat i
onaltour i
sm of fi
cei nthepromot i
onoftouri
sm andhospital
it
y
4.Explaintheimpor tanceofnat ional pr
of essionaltouri
sm organi
zati
onsinthedevelopmentof
tour
ism andhospi talit
y;
5.Enumer atethedi f
ferentnational professional t
ourism andhospi
tal
ityor
ganizat
ionsinthe
Phil
ippinesandi ntheUni tedStat es

TOURISM OGANIZATI ONS

Si
ncetouri
sm isadi verseindustr
ymadeupofmanydi ffer
entsegments,
ther
eisaneed
toconnectandshareinformation.Thishasledtoestabl
i
shmentofseveral
publi
candpri
vat
e
organi
zati
onsattheinternat
ional,nat
ional,
regi
onal
,stat
eandlocall
evel
s.

I
NTERNATI
ONALORGANI
ZATI
ON

WORLDTOURI SM ORGANI ZATION( WTO)

TheWTOi sthechiefor gani
zati
onintouri
sm.I tisani ntergover
nmentt echni calbody
whichdeal swi t
hal laspectsoft our
ism.Itbeganitslegal exi
stenceonJanuar y2, 1975.Itwas
bornoft heinternationalUnionofOf fi
ci
alTravelOrganization(IUOTO),anon-gov ernment al
techni
cal bodyf i
rstsetupatTheHague, Nether
landsin1925, topromotetourism f orthe
economi c,social,andculturaladvancementofallnat i
ons.Thi sworkwasi nt
errupt edbyt he
SecondWor ldWarandi n1946; t
heorganizat
ionwasr eest abl
ishesinLondon.I t
sheadquar t
ers
werelatertransferredtoMadr idbyt hedecisi
onoft hefirstGener al
AssemblyofWTO.

MEMBERSHI P
1.Fullmember -i
ssov er
eignstates( independentstates)
2.Associatemember s–ar eterrit
or i
esorgr oupsofterri
tori
esnotresponsi
blefort
hei
rexternal
rel
ationsbutwhosemember shipi sappr ovedbythest at
ewhi chassumesresponsi
bil
i
tyforthei
r
externalr
elat
ions
3.Affil
iat
emember s–ar einternational bodi
esbot hgovernmentalandnon-
governmental
concernedwithspeciali
zedinterestsi ntouri
sm,aswel lascommer cial
andnon–commer ci
al
bodiesandassociati
onswhoseact iv
itiesarerel
atedtotheaimsofWTO.

TheWTOhascr eat edanumberofr egionalcommi ssionssuchast heRegional Commi ssionfor

Tourism inEurope, theRegi onal Tr
av elCommi ssionf ortheAmer icans,Afri
canTr avel
Commi ssi
on,andot hers.Technical commi ssionsdeal swi t
hspeci f
icproblemssuchast r
av el
barr
iersandt raveldev elopment .
I
nWTOhast hesamel egal characterast heUni tedNat ionsandi tsspecial
izedagencies.Ithas
thr
ee( 3)impor t
antl egallyfuncti
oningbodi es:TheGener alAssembl y,
TheExecut iveCouncil,
andtheSecr etariatdirectedbyasecr etary-
gener al.
Thepr i
mar yaim oft heWTOi stopr omot eanddev elopt ouri
sm, t
ocont ri
butet otheeconomi c
development,international underst
andi ng,peace, prosper it
y,anduniversalrespectforhuman
ri
ghtsandf undament al fr
eedomsf orallwithoutdi st
inctionast orace,sex, l
anguage,orreli
gion.
Topur suethisaim, theWTOpay spar t
icul
aratt enti
ont ot heinter
estsofdev elopi
ngcount ri
es.
Objecti
ves:
1.Moni tor
sandi dentif
iestrendsi nworldtouri
sm
2.Studiestrav
eldemands, mar ketingtr
end,touri
stmot
ivat
ion
3.Servesasacl ear i
nghousef ortouri
stinf
ormation
4.I
nformsmember saboutt ouri
sm development
5.Conductv ocationaltrai
ningpr ograms

Theoffici
alpubli
cationsofWTO
1.I
nternati
onalTravel Stat
isti
cs
2.TravelAbroad-FrontierFormali
ti
es
3.Economi cReviewofWor ldTouri
sm
4.TechnicalBull
eti
ns
5.Manual s

I
NTERNATI ONALCI VILAVIATI
ONORGANI ZATION(ICAO)
TheICAOisanor gani
zati
onofaround134gov ernmentsestabli
shedforthepurposeof
promoti
ngcivi
lavi
ationonawor ld-
widescal
e.Itwasestabl
ishedattheChicagoconf er
enceof
1944.The96arti
clesoftheChicagoconventi
onestabl
ishedthepri
v i
l
egesandr estr
icti
onsof
themembercountries.

Objecti
ves:
1.Adoptinter
nationalstandar dsandt orecommendpr acti
cesf orregulati
ngai rnav i
gati
on
2.Recommendi nstal
lati
onofnav igati
onf acil
i
tiesbymembercount ri
es
3.Planforthesaf eandor derlygrowt hofinternati
onalcivi
lav i
ati
ont hroughoutt hewor l
d.
4.Seekthedev elopmentofai rway s,air
por t
s,andairnav i
gationfacil
iti
esf ori
nt ernat
ionalci
vi
l
avi
ation
5.Provi
desaf e,r
egular,effi
cient,economi calairtr
ansportati
on
6.I
nsuret heri
ghtsofcont ractingcount r
iesar eful
lyrespected,andt hatev er
ymemberhasa
fai
ropportuni
tytooper ateinternationalairl
i
nes.

INTERNATI ONALAI RTRANSPORTASSOCI ATION(I ATA)

TheI nt
ernationalAirTransportAssociati
onwasest abl
ishedin1945i nHav ana.Itwas
composedofai rl
inesoper atorsatt
achedt othenationaldelegationsoftheICAOconf er
encein
Chicago.Atpresent, member shi
pincludesmor ethan112schedul eair
li
nes.Itservesast he
agencythroughwhi chairli
nesseekj oint
lytosolveproblemst hatcannotbesol vedindivi
dual
ly
.
Iti
sinvolv
edi nstandardizi
ngt i
ckets,pri
ces,weightbil
ls,baggagechecks, andot herdocuments.
Thesehelpmaket ravelunifor
mt hroughoutthewor l
d.

Obj
ecti
ves:
Topromotesaf
e,r
egul
ar,andeconomical
airt
ranspor
t,f
ast
erai
rcommer
ce,
andst
udy
pr
oblemsconnect
edwit
ht hei
ndustr
y.

WORLDTRAVELANDTOURI SM COUNCI L(WTTC)

Itistheonl ygl
obalf
or um whosemember sar et
hetopdecisionmaker sinthetraveland
tourism.itistheonl ybodyrepresent
ingthepri
vatesectori
nallpart
soft heindustryworldwi
de.
150member scompr i
seofCEO’ s,pr
esidentorchair
menofairl
ines,ai
rports,hot
els,cr
uiseli
nes,
trav
el agencies,touroperat
ors,andtravelt
echnologysuppl
ier
.
3strategicpr i
orit
ies
1.freedom t otravel
2.pol i
ciesforgrowt h
3.t
our
ism f
ort
omor
row

WTTCmai ntai
nsapr ofessi
onal
staf
finit
sLondonoffice,
undertheleadershi
pofitspr
esi
dent
andCEO.Thisorganizati
onwasheadedbyaBoar dofExecuti
veDirectorwhoguidetheworkof
thecounci
li
nthefulfil
l
mentofitsmissi
on.I
tisanon-prof
itor
ganizati
on,regi
ster
edasa
companyintheUnitedKingdom l
imi
tedbyguarant
ee

Dev
elopmentOrgani
zation(DO)
1.TheWor l
dBank( US)
2.OPECFundf orInter
nati
onal
Devel
opment(
Aust
ri
a)
3.Asi anDevel
opmentBank(Phi l
i
ppi
nes)
4.I sl
amicDevelopmentBank(SaudiAr
abi
a)

REGI
ONALORGANI
ZATI
ON

THEORGANI ZATI ONFORECONOMI CCOOPERATI ONANDDEVELOPMENT(OECD)

TheOr ganizationforEconomicCooper at
ionandDev elopmentwassetupi na
conventionsignedi nPar isonDecember14, 1960.Itprovidest hattheOECDshal l promote
poli
ciesdesignedt oachievethehighestsustainableeconomi cgrowt handempl oy mentanda
ri
singstandardofl i
vi
ngi nmembercount ri
es, whilemai ntai
ningf i
nancialstabi
li
tyand
contri
butingtot hedev el
opmentofthewor ldeconomy ; tocont ri
butetosoundeconomi c
expansionineconomi call
ydevel
opingnon-membercount ri
es,andt ocont r
ibut
et othe
expansionofwor ldtradeonamul t
il
ater
al,nondiscrimi
nat orybasi sinaccordancewi th
i
nternati
onal obligati
ons.

MEMBERS
1.Aust r
ali
a
2.Aust r
ia
3.Bel gium
4.Canada
5.Denmar k
6.Finland
7.Fr ance
8.Ger many
9.Iceland
10.I
reland
11.I
taly
12.Japan
13.Luxembour g
14.Netherland
15.NewZeal and
16.Norway
17.Portugal
18.Spain
19.Sweden
20.Switzerland
21.Turkey
22.UnitedKi ngdom
23.UnitedSt ates
Object
ives:
Establ
ishedatouri
sm committ
ee,
responsi
blef
orcoordi
nati
ngstudi
es,or
gani
zingmeetingsof
membercount ri
estoimprov
estat
ist
icalmet
hodsofmonetaryexchangeandaccount
ing,and
assessingthepol
ici
esofmembercountri
esandthei
rimpactontouri
sm.

PACIFICASIATRAVELASSOCI ATION( PATA)

I
twasor gani
zedinHawaiiin1951.I
tiscomposedofmor ethan1,000organi
zati
ons,
i
ncludinggov er
nments,ai
randsteamshipli
nes,wholesal
eandret
ailtr
avelagenci
es,gr
ound
carr
iers,hot
els,publ
i
shers,adv
ert
isers,
publi
crel
ati
onf i
rmsandtravel
associat
ionswit
hmajor
i
nterestsinthePACIFICArea.

CARIBBEANTOURI SM ASSOCI
ATION(CTA)
Wasfoundedin1951toencour
ageandassi
sti
nthedev
elopmentoft
our
ism t
hroughout
theCari
bbeanarea.

Object
ives:
1.Carryoutadv er
ti
singandpubli
cit
ymeasurescal
culat
edt ofocustheattent
ionofthet
raveli
ng
publi
cupont heCaribbeanasoneoftheworl
d’soutst
andingv acat
ionareas.
2.Carryoutstati
sti
calandresear
chworkr
elati
ngtotrav
el t
rendsandt ouri
sm dev
elopmentfor
thebenefitofthemember

ASIA-PACIFICECONOMI CCOOPERATI ON(APEC)

Itrepresents15countr
iesandthepur
poseistoestablishedcoordi
nati
onofnati
onal
economi esforthebenefi
tofcountr
iesint
heAsia-
pacifi
cregionasawhol e.Thegoal
sar eto
sustai
nt hegrowt handdevel
opmentofcapit
alandtechnologyinkeepingwit
hthepri
nciples.
10Wor kinggr oups
1.

ORGANI ZATI
ONOFAMERI CANSTATES( OAS)
Themai nobject
ivesi
stostr
engthenrel
ati
onsbet
weenAmeri
canStatesbypr
ovi
dingadv
isory
servi
cesandtrai
ningpr
ogramsinmanyf i
eldsi
ncl
udi
ngt
our
ism.Itconduct
sanumberoftrav
el
studi
esandtouri
sm devel
opmentprograms.

Ot
her
sRegi
onal
TravelAssoci
ati
ons
1.SOUTHAMERI CANTOURI SM ORGANIZATIONS(SATO)
2.THEEUROPEANTRAVELCOMMI SSI
ON( ETC)
3.THECOMMI SSIONMARKETTRAVELSSOCI ATI
ON(CMTA)

ROLEOFNATI ONALORGANIZATIONSINTOURI SM
Thegover
nmentpl
aysanimpor
tantrol
einformulati
ngpoli
cyt
oguidetour
ism
dev
elopmentandpromoti
oninl
i
newithothernati
onaleconomicandsoci
alobj
ect
ives.

Pl
anni
ng–at
tract
ingf
orei
gni
nvest
mentandf
undi
ngi
nfr
ast
ruct
uredev
elopment

Empl
oymentandTr
aini
ng–det
ermi
ningmanpowerneeds,
dev
elopi
ngt
our
ism t
rai
ning
pr
ogr
ams
Coor
dinat
ingPubl
i
candPr
ivat
esect
ors–det
ermi
ningr
olesi
nmi
xedeconomi
cs

NATIONALTOURI SM OFFICE(NTO)
Count
riesthatarev i
sit
edbyt ouri
stshaveanoffi
cial
organizat
ionthatr
egulat
esand
encour
agestouristacti
vit
ies.Responsibl
eforthepromoti
onoft ouri
sm i
napar t
icul
arcount
ry
andfortheoveralldev
elopmentoft hetouri
stindust
ry.

THEDEPARTMENTOFTOURI SM INTHEPHI LIPPINES

Thepr i
mar ygov ernmentagencychar gedwi tht heresponsi bi
li
t ytoencour age, promot e,
anddev elopt our ism asamaj orsoci oeconomi cactivit
y ,
togener atefor eigncur rencyand
empl oy ment ;tospr eadt hebenef itsoft ouri
sm t owi dersegmentoft hepopul ation, toassur e
thesaf e, conv eni ent,enjoy ablest ayandt ravel ofthef orei
gnandl ocal touristsi nt hecount ry.
TheDepar tmentofTour ism i sheadedbyt heSecr et
ar yofTour i
sm whoi sassi stedbyt hree(3)
under secr etari
esandone( 1)assi stantsecr et ary.TheAssi stantSecr etaryf orI nt ernal Servi
ces
andLegi slativeLi aisoni sr esponsi blef ortheLegal Ser vi
ce,Admi nistrativeSer vice, aswel las
theFinanci alandManagementSer v i
ce.Theunder secr et
aryforPl anning, ProductDev elopment ,
andCoor di nationi sr esponsi bl ef
ort heOf fi
ceofTour i
sm Dev elopmentPl anni ng, Of fi
ceof
ProductResear chandDev elopmentaswel last heOf ficeofTour ism Coor dinat i
on.The
under secr etaryf orTour ism Ser vi
cei sr esponsi blefort heOf f
iceofTour ism St andar ds,National
Capital Regi ons, andal lRegi onal Offices.TheUnder secretaryforTour i
sm Pr omot ionsi s
responsi bl efort heBur eauofDomest i
cPr omot i
ons, BureauofI nternat i
onal Tour ism
Promot i
onsaswel l ast heOf f
iceofTour i
sm I nformat i
on
Directlyundert heSecr etaryofTour ism ar etheNat i
onal ParksDev el
opmentCommi tt
ee,
Tour i
sm I nf r
ast ructur eandEnt er
priseZoneAut hori
ty,Tourism Pr omot ionBoar d, theI ntr
amur os
Admi nistr ati
on, andt heNay ongPi l
ipinoFoundat i
ons, I
nc.

Fi
ve(5)at
tachedagenci esthathelptheDOT
1.Tourism I
nfrastr
uctureandEnt er
pri
seZoneAut
hor
it
y(TI
EZA)
2.Tourism PromotionBoar d(TPB)
3.Int
ramurosAdmi ni
strat
ion(IA)
4.NationalParksandDev elopmentCommi t
tee(
NPDC)
5.NayongPi lipi
noFoundat i
on( NPF)

TOURI SM INFRASTRUCTUREANDENTERPRI SESZONEAUTHORI TY( TI EZA)

ItisformerlyknownasPTAorPhi lippi
neTour ism Author i
tyisacor por atebodyt askedt o
designate,r
egul ate,andsuper v i
setheTour ism Enterpr
iseZones( TEZs)aswel lasdev elop,
manageandsuper vi
set ouri
sm infrastr
ucturepr oj
ectsint hecount r
y ,withprimar yobj ectivesof
encouraginginv estment sinTEZs.
TEZsi sanar easpeci f
icall
ydef i
nedoror ganizedasat our ism area,zoneorspotunderany
specialorgener allaw.Decr ee,orpr esi
dentiali
ssuance.TheTI EZAi sthepr inci
pal agency
responsibl
ef ort hetimelycollecti
onoft raveltaxes,50%ofwhi chshal lcol l
ecttoi twhi l
e40%
goest otheCommi ssiononHi gherEducation( CHED)pr ov i
dedt hatprior i
tyi
sgiv ent ot ourism-
rel
atededucat i
onal programsandcour sesandt heremai ning10%shar ei sforthenat i
onal
Commi ssi
onf orCul tureandt heAr ts
Tourism Enterpr i
sesr egist
eredwi t
ht heTIEZAshal lfurt
herbeor deredt opaybackt axesi nt he
amountequi v alenttot hediff
erencebet weent hetaxest hattheyshoul dhav epaidhadnot
avail
edoft hei ncentivesunderRepubl i
cActNo.9593ort hesamei ncent i
veorgani zation.
TheTI EZAisgov ernedbyaBoar dofDirectors( TI
EZABoar d)composedoft heTour ism
DepartmentSecret
ary,theTIEZAChiefOperati
ngOf f
icer,
TheTourism PromotionBoardChief
Operati
ngOffi
cer,TheDepar t
mentofPublicWor ksandHi ghwaySecret
ary,TheDepartmentof
Envi
ronmentalandNat ural
ResourcesSecretar
y,theDepar t
mentoftheInter
iorandLocal
GovernmentSecretar
yf i
ve(5)repr
esentat
ivedir
ectorsthatwil
lberecommendedbyt he
Touri
sm Congress.

Mandat e:(
Order )
TheTI EZAshal l beabodycor porat
ewhichshal l
desi gnate,r
egul
ateandsuper visethe
TEZ’sestabli
shedunderR. A.No.9593aswel lasdev el
op, manage, andsuper vi
setour
ism
i
nfrastr
uctureproj ecti
nt hecountry
.itshal
lsuper
viseandr egul atet
hecultural
,economi c,
and
envir
onment all
ysust ai
nabledev el
opmentofTEZ’st owar dthepr i
maryobjectiv
eofencour aging
i
nvestmentt herein.
Inaddit
iontoi t
smandat et
oregulateandsupervi
seTEZ’ s,theTI EZAshal
l l
ikewisebedeemeda
governmenti nf
rast r
ucturecorporat
ionundertheAdmi nistr
ativeCodeof1987( Execut
iveOr der
No.292) .

TOURI SM PROMOTI ONSBOARD( TPB)

Itwasf ormer l
yPhi l
i
ppi ne( PCVC) ,i
sacor porat ebodycr eatedunder9593, whichshal l
haveanaut horizedcapi talof250mi l
li
onsubscr ibedbyt heNat i
onal Gov ernment .i
tisundert he
superv isionoft heDepar tmentofTour ism ( DOT)Secr etaryandat tachedt ot heDOTf or
purposesofpr ogr am andpol icycoor dination.TheTPBshal lformul ateandi mpl ementan
i
ntegr ateddomest icandi nternationalpromot ionsandmar ketingpr ogram f ort heDOT
TheTPBshal lber esponsiblef ormar ketingandpr omot i
ngt hePhi lippinesdomest i
callyand
i
nternat ionallyasamaj orglobal touri
sm dest i
nat i
on, highlightingt heuni quenessandassi sti
ng
thedev elopmentofi tstourism pr oductsandser vices, withtheendi nviewofi ncreasingtour i
st
arri
valsandt our i
sm i nvestment .itshallmar kett hePhi li
ppinesasamaj orconv enti
on
desti
nat ioninAsi a.itshalltakechar geofat tracti
ng, promot ing,faci l
it
ating,andser v
icinglarge
scaleev entsinternat i
onal f
airsandconv ent ions,congr esses, sport scompet i
tions,expositions,
andt hel ike.Itshal ll
ikewiseensur etheregul aradv erti
sementabr oadoft hecount r
y’smaj or
touri
sm dest inati
onsandot hert ouri
sm pr oduct snotl imitedt oTour i
sm Ent erpr i
seZones( TEZs)
Itmayal sopr ov i
dei ncentivest otravelagenci esabr oadwhi char eabl et odrawt ouri
stsand
touri
sm i nvestmentt othecount ry.

TheTPBshal lbegov er
nedandi tspower sexercisedbyaBoar dofDi r
ector
s(“Tour i
sm Board”)
,
composedoft hefoll
owi ng:
1.TheDepar t
mentSecr etar y
,asChai r
person
2.TheTourism Pr
omot i
onsBoar d( TPB)Chi efOperatingOff
icer,asViceChai
rperson
3.TheTourism I
nfrastr
uct ureandEnt erpr
iseZoneAut hor
it
y(TIEZA)ChiefOperati
ngOf fi
cer
4.TheDepar t
mentofFor eignAffair
s(DFA)Secr etary
5.TheDepar t
mentofTr adeandI ndustry(DTI)Secretary
6.TheDepar t
mentofI nformat i
onandCommuni cationsTechnology(DICT)Secretary,
Secretar
y
oftheDepartmentofTr anspor t
ation(DOTr )
,formerlytheDepartmentofTransportati
onand
Communi cati
on(DOTC)

I
NTRAMUROSADMI NI STRATION(IA)
I
twasest abl
ishedin1979.Iti
sassignedwi ththefol
lowingpowersandfuncti
onsby
v
irt
ueofP.D.1616asamendedbyP. D.1748.
1.Formulate,coor di
nate,
andexecut
epol i
ciesont heimplementat
ionofal
lprograms,
proj
ect,andact ivi
ti
esofthegover
nmentr elati
ngtoIntr
amur os.
 2.i
nitiate, plan,under t
akeandsuper viset herest
oration,upkeep, andmai ntenanceof
Intramur oswal l
sincl udingtheravelins,canal,SunkenGar denandpubl i
cpl aces,pl
azas,
streets, andot hergov ernmentproper tysit
uatedwi thi
nI ntramuros.
3.Prepar e, adopt ,
reviseandenf or
cesuchr ulesandr egulations,implementingguidel
ines,
andst andar dnecessar yfortheeffectiveregulati
onoft hel anduseanddev elopment
activi
tiesi nInt
ramur os
4.Sponsor , conduct,orsuppor tfesti
val sandculturalacti
v it
iesinIntr
amur os;chargeand
collectadmi ssionf eest otherestoredgat esandot herat tract
ionsoperatedbyt he
Admi ni strati
on.
5.Givegr ant s,
cont r
ibutions,anddonat ionsforther estorati
on, r
epairandmai nt
enanceof
historicst ructuresout sideofIntr
amur os.

IAisresponsi bl
ef ortheor derlyrest orat
ionanddev elopmentofI ntramurosasamonumentt o
theHispani cper iodofourcount ry.Assuch, i
tshallensuret hatthegener alappearanceof
Int
ramur os
shall
conf or mt oPhi l
ippine-Spani shar chit
ect
ureoft he16thtot he19thcent ury
Organizationoft heAdmi ni
stration
Theadmi nistrat
ionshal l
bedi rectedbyaBoar dofAdmi ni
strators,consi
st i
ngoft heMi ni
sterof
HumanSet tl
ement s,
asChai rman, andasMember s,theMay oroftheCityofMani l
a,the
ExecutiveDi rectoroft heNat ional Histori
calI
nstit
ute,theAdmi ni
strat
or,andsuchper sonsas
thePresidentmaydesi gnate.ItsExecut iveof
ficershallbeanAdmi nist
rator,whoshal lhavethe
samequal ifi
cations,pr i
vil
eges, andr ankofaDeput yMi ni
ster.

NATIONALPARKSDEVELOPMENTCOMMI TTEE(NPDC)
Wascr eat
edonJanuary14,
1983byv i
rt
ueofExecuti
veOr
derNo.30asamendedbyE.
O.
Nos.3,93,
270,and299.I
tbecameanatt
achedagencyoftheDOTinJanuar
y1987t
hroughE.
O.
120.

Funct
ions:
1.Acceptdev el
opmentofnewpar ks
2.Upgr adeandmai nt
ainparkfacil
it
ies
3.Dev elopandoperat
eculturalandeducati
onalprograms
4.Facili
tatepri
vat
esectorparti
cipati
oninappropr
iateaspect
sofpar
ksdev
elopmentand
maintenance

NAYONGPI LI
PINOFOUNDATI ON( NPF)
Itwasmanagesbyt heNayongPi l
ipinoFoundat i
on,wasat tachedtotheDOTi n1991by
vi
rtueofE.O.497.Itistheonlyt
ouristcompl exshowcasi ngthemanypr imaryattr
actionsand
scenicplacesinthePhili
ppi
nes.I
tisamaj oradmi nist
rati
onandoper ati
onalconcernoft he
agencytokeepi tsfaci
li
ti
esandsurroundingsi nthebestcondition.Rehabili
tati
on,restorati
on,
andconst ruct
ionprogr
amsar enecessarytoensur eafinecoll
ectionofmi ni
aturePhilippine
att
racti
onswhi chrefl
ectFil
i
pinohi
st or
yandcul ture.

DUTYFREEPHI LIPPINESCORPORATI ON( DFPC)

Abodycor porat
et ooperat
et heduty-
andt ax-
fr
eemer chandisingsystem i
nthePhi
li
ppinest
o
augmenttheser vi
cefacil
it
iesfortour
istandtogenerateforeignexchangeandrevenuefort
he
government,asestabli
shedbyt heDepartmentunderExecut i
veOr derNo.46
Shall
havet heexclusi
veauthorit
ytooperateorfranchi
seoutst or
esandshopsthatwouldsel
l.
amongot hers,dut
y-and-tax-
freemer chandi
se,goodsandar t
icl
es,i
nint
ernat
ionalai
rpor
tsand
seaport
s,andinTEZ’ sandpor t
sofent r
ythroughoutthecountr
yinamannert hat
:
1.i
scompet iti
vewithinternat
ional standards
2.eff
ecti
velyshowcasesPhi l
i
ppi necul t
ure,cr
aftsmanshi
p,andindust
ry,
3.eff
ici
entl
yandef fecti
velygener atesforei
gnexchange.

Republ
icActNo.6768asamendedbyRepubl
i
cActNo.9174“
anacti
nst
it
uti
ngaBal
i
kbay
an
Progr
am”

TheBal i
kbay anLaw
Inrecognitionoft heircontributiont otheeconomyt hrought hef or
eignexchangearrivaland
revenuest hatt heygener ate,theBal i
kbay anLawpr ovidesbalikbayanswithspecialtax-
free
shoppingpr i
v i
legesi ngov ernmentownedandcont roll
ed-operateddut y-
fr
eeshops.
Thel awwhi chi sundert headmi nistr
ati
onoft heDepar t
mentofTour i
sm incl
udesaKabuhay an
Shoppingpr ivil
egeal l
owi ngt ax-exemptpur chaseofl i
v el
ihoodt oolsandtheoppor t
unityof
avail
ingthenecessar yt r
ainingt oenabl ethebalikbayanst obecomeeconomi call
ysel f
-r
eliant
member soft hesoci etyupont heirretur
nt othecount ry
Thepr ogram shal ll
ikewiseshowcasecompet i
ti
v eandout standingFil
ipi
no-madepr oducts

PHILIPPINERETI REMENTAUTHORI TY( PRA)

Agov ernmentownedandcont rol
ledcor porat
ioncreatedbyvirt
ueofExecuti
veOr derNo.1037
si
gnedbyPr esi
dentFerdinandMar cosonJul y4,1985.itscontr
ol andsuper
visi
onwer e
tr
ansferredtotheBoar dofInvest
ment( BOI)–Depar t
mentofTr adeandIndustr
yf r
om the
Offi
ceoft hePresidentonAugust31, 2001.OnMay12, 2009,Republi
cActNo.9593, al
so
knownast heTourism Actof2009, becameanat tachedagencyoft heDepartmentofTourism
andwaspl acedunderthesupervi
sionoft heSecretaryofthesaiddepartment.

PHILIPPINECOMMI SSIONONSPORTSSCUBADI VING( PCSSD)

RepublicActNo.7160, al
soknownast heLocal Gov ernmentCodeof1991, endeavoredthat
l
ocal governmentunitsbesel f
-rel
iantandthati naddi t
iontothepowerst heycurrent
lydischarge,
theseunitsaremandat edt odischargethef uncti
onsandr esponsibi
li
ti
esofnat ionalagencies
andof f
icest r
ansf
erredtot hem parti
cular
lythoser el
at i
ngtotouri
sm facil
it
iesandot hertouri
st
attr
acti
ons, acqui
sit
ionofequi pment ,
regulati
onandsuper vi
sionofbusinessconcessi ons,and
securit
yser vi
cesforfacil
i
ties

PROFESSI
ONALTOURI
SM ORGANI
ZATI
ONS

THEUNI TEDSTATESTRAVELDATACENTER( USTDC)

Anindependentnonpr ofi
tresear
chandeducat i
onalorganizat
ionwhichaimst oimpr ove
thequali
tyandrangeofstatisti
caldatadescri
bingtravelandtourism.Itisf
inancedbygr ants
andmember shipfee.Themember scomef rom inst
ituti
ons,corporat
ions,t
hepr i
vatesectoras
wellasgovernmentagencies.TheDat aCenterwasl ocatedinWashi ngtonD.C.Ithaspublished
several
studi
eswhi chprov
idei nfor
mat i
onpertai
ningt othetr
avel i
ndustryi
ntheUni t
edSt ates

TRAVELI NDUSTRYASSOCI ATI

ONOFAMERI CA(TIAA)
Itisanonpr ofitassoci
ati
onofcompani esandgov er
nmentor gani
zati
onswhi chwas
formedtopr omot etraveltoandwithi
nt heUni t
edSt at
es.I
tisbasedinWashingt onD.C.i
thasa
member shipofmor ethan1,000organizations,f
ir
msandot heragencies.Member sfrom t
he
pri
vatesectorincludedomest icandint
er nati
onalbusinessandcorporati
ons,accommodat i
ons,
touroperators,
travelagentsandt r
anspor t
ation
Object
ives:
Todev el
opandimplementprogramsthatbenefi
tsthetr
avelsuppl
i
erandconsumer.I
t
concentrat
esi
tsacti
vi
tiesonthoseprogramsthatr
epresentanati
onali
ndust
ryneedbutwhi
ch
nosinglecomponentinthet
ourism i
ndustr
ycouldbeexpectedtocarr
yout.

Cl
assi
fi
cationoft hepr ogr am
1.Mar ket ingf acil
itation–pr omot esandf acil
itatest rav el
toandwi t
hintheUni t
edStates
throughspeci al promot ionsandt r
avelmar ts.
2.Tour ism r esearch–wor kswi thUnitedStatest r
av el andTour i
sm Admi ni
strati
on(USTTA)
andt heU. S.Tr av el DateCent erinordertopr omot eanunder standingoftheeconomi c
andsoci alwel l
-beingoft henat i
onasar esultoft rav el
3.Gov er nmentAf fai r
s–act iveinlegislat
ionissuesi nanef for
ttorepresentthev i
ewsof
thet rav elindust ry.itassiststhegov ernmenti nthedev elopmentoft ouri
sm programs,
policies, andl egi sl
at i
on
4.Educat ionpr ogr ams–pr ov i
desacommuni cat i
onnet workfort r
avel-
rel
atedinformati
on
foreducat i
onal pur poses.
5.Tr av el promot ion–encour agesandpr omot escommont ravelbetweennationsandact s
asawat chdogonpr ogr
amst hatwoul drestricttrav el

TRAVELANDTOURI SM RESEARCHASSOCI ATION(TTRA)

Concernedwi t
ht r
avelresearch,specif
ical
l
yinimprovingthequali
tyandeffect
ivenessof
researchinthetravelindust
ry.Theassoci at
ionaimst omaintai
ncurrentcommuni cat
ionsin
travel
researchdev el
opment sandmet hodologyari
singint
hef i
eld.i
tisconcer
nedwi ththe
teachi
ngoft ourism andhasest abli
shedcommuni cati
onprocedurestosupporteducati
on.

AMERI CANSOCI ETYOFTRAVELAGENTS( ASTA)

Isoneoft helargestt
ravelassoci
ati
onsintheUnitedStat
es?Itincludest r
avelagencies
andtouroperatorsfrom theUnitedStat
esandCanada.Al l
iedmember shipsar eavai
labl
et o
othersector
soft hetraveli
ndustrysuchasair
li
nes,r
ail
roads,busli
nes,carr ental
sfir
ms, hotel
s
aswel lasgovernmentandeducat ionali
nst
it
uti
ons.

UNI
VERSALFEDERATI ONOFTRAVELAGENTSASSOCI ATI
ON( UFTAA)
Theobjectives
1.Toactasanegot i
ati
ngbodyf orthevari
ousbranchesoft het
ouri
sm andtrav
el
i
ndustri
esonhal foftrav
elagents
2.t ogiv
epr ofessi
onalandtechnicaladvi
ceandassistancetotr
avelagenci
esonthewor
ld
economyandt our
ism
3.Toi mprov etheprest
igeandpubl i
crecogni
ti
onoft r
av el
agents

WORLDASSOCI ATIONFORPROFESSI
ONALTRAI NI
NGI
NTOURI
SM (
WAPTT)
I
tisconcernedwi
thv
ocati
onal
trai
nings.

COUNCI LONHOTEL, RESTAURANT, ANDI NSTI

TUTIONALEDUCATI ON( CHRIE)
Itwasf oundedin1946, asanonpr ofi
tassoci
ati
onforschools,coll
eges,anduniver
sit
ies
off
eringprogramsi nhotelandrestaurantsmanagement,foodserv
icemanagementand
cul
inaryart
s.Itsfocushasexpandedi nincl
udetheenhancementofprof essi
onali
sm atall
level
s
ofthehospitali
tyandtouri
sm industry.I
tprovi
desaccesstoinf
ormat i
on, r
esearch,shar
ed
resour
ces,tal
entedpeopl
eandadv
ancedi
deas.I
tgov
ernedbyanel
ect
edBoar
dofDi
rect
ors
andapr of
essionalst
aff
.

ASSOCIATIONOFTRAVELMARKETI NGEXECUTI VES(ATME)

I
sanonpr ofi
tresear
chandeducat i
onalorgani
zati
onofindi
vidual
trav
elmarketi
ng
execut
ives.Thescopeisint
ernat
ionalandcoversallt
rav
el i
ndust
rysegments.I
tsoff
iceisi
n
WashingtonD.C.USA

Cl
assi
fi
cati
on
1.Regi ster
edt ravelmar ket
ingprofessional –acareertr
av elmarketi
ngexecut i
ve.Hei s
enti
tledtoall r
ight
sandpr i
vi
legesofassoci ati
onandaf fil
i
ati
on
2.Tr avelmar keti
ngassoci ate–st udents,suppl
ier
,andot herswishingt oparti
cipatein
ATMEpr ogramsbutdonotmeett her equi
rementsforregist
eredpr ofessionalmay
becomeanassoci ateofATME
3.Fel l
ow–t oqual i
fyasf el
low,ani ndi
vidualmusthav ebeenar egisteredtravelmar ket
ing
professi
onal foratleastoney ear

THESOCIETYOFTRAVELANDTOURI SM EDUCATORS( SOTTE)

Wasf oundedin1980.I
tsor
iginalmemberswer eonly15.Atpr
esentt
her
ear
e300
membersrepresent
ingal
ll
evel
softrav el
andtour
ism educator
s

Cl
assi
fi
cat i
onofmember s
1.Act i
vemember s–educat orswhoar eactivelyengagedi nt
eachingcour sesordoi ng
resear chi ntr
avel andt ourism i ncer t
if
icateordegr ee-
granti
nginst i
tuti
ons
2.Associ at emember s–noneducat orswhoar eacti
velyengagedi nthetrav elandt our
ism
indust ryasof f
icersorempl oy eesofor ganizati
onswhosepr i
ncipalfunct i
oni sthe
promot ionanddev elopmentoft ravelandt ouri
sm andwhoar einterestedi nenhancing
thequal it
yoftravel andt ourism educat i
on.
3.Cor porat emember s–or gani zati
onsori nst i
tut
ionswhichar edirectl
yinv olvedinthe
educat ionoft r
av elandt our ism st udentsorwhi chempl oygraduatesofsuchpr ograms
4.St udentmember s–st udent scur rentl
yenrolledincerti
fi
cateordegr eegr ant i
ng
progr amsi nt
ravel andt ourism
5.Al li
edmember s-or ganizations, otherthananeducat i
onalinst
it
ut i
on,whi chhav ean
interesti nsupportingandenhanci ngtravelandt ouri
sm educati
on.

TOURI
SM ORGANI
ZATI
ONSI
NTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

PHI
LIPPINETRAVELAGENCI ESASSOCIATION(PTAA)
Itwasestabl
ishedin1979.Itwasbornoutofauni
onoft
henat
ional
associ
ati
onsoft
he
out
boundtrav
elagenciesandinboundtouroper
ator
s.

MEMBERSHI P
1.Regul armembers–ar efir
msdul ylicensedbyt heappr opriat
egov er
nmentagencyas
tr
av elandtouragenci
esandadmi tt
edt omember shipbyt heBoar dofTrustees:
2.Associ atemembers–ar ebranchesofr egul
armemberdul yl
icensedbyt heappropr
iat
e
governmentagencyast ravelandt ouragencybr anchof f
icesandadmi t
tedt o
member shi
pbytheBoar dofTr ustees;
3.Al l
iedmember s–areairl
ines,conv entionorganizer s,handicraf
tstores,hotel
s,i
nns,
ni
ght clubs,
resor
ts,r
estaurant
, shippingcompani es, t
ouristtr
ansportoper at
ors,
and
 otherenti
ti
esrel
atedtoorengagedi nthet ourism i
ndust rywhetherdir
ect
lyorindi
rect
ly,
dulyli
censedbytheDepar tmentofTour ism andorot hergovernmentagenciesand
admittedtomember shipbyt heBoardofTr ustees
4.Affi
li
atemembers–ar eregionalorprovincialassociationsoftravel
andtouragencies
dulyorgani
zedasanassoci at i
onandr egisteredwitht heappropri
ategovernmentagency
andadmi tt
edtomember shi
pbyt heBoar dofTr ust
ees

Aff
il
iati
ons
ThePTAi sthePhi li
ppi
ner epresent ati
v eto:
1.ASEANTour ism Association( ASEANTA)
2.Feder at ionofASEANTr avel Associati
on( FATA)
3.Uni versal Federati
onofTr avel AgentsAssoci ati
on(UFTAA)
Locall
y,i
trepresent sthetravel/touragencysect orin:
1.Tour ism Counci lofthePhi l
i
ppi nes(TCP)
2.Ai rSaf etyFoundation( ASF)
3.Phi l
ippi neChamberofCommer ceandI ndustry(PCCI
)
4.Hot el andTour ism Insti
tuteoft hePhili
ppines( HTI
P)
5.Tour ism I ndustr
yBoar dFeder ation,I
nc.(TIBFI)

THEHOTELANDRESTAURANTASSOCI ATI ONOFTHEPHI LIPPI NES( HRAP)

Itwasf oundedonSept ember12, 1952beexecut i
v esf r
om t hel eadi nghot elsandr est aurant sin
Manila.Itsmai nobj ectivei st oupgr adet hemanagementski llsandper sonnel servicest o
maintainpr operst andar dsathomeaswel laskeepwel l
-infor medwi thenl ight enedt rendabr oad.
I
tsobj ectives, count l
esssemi nar s, wor kshops, andconv entionswer ehel dt hrought hey ear s
bothonr egi onal andnat ional lev els.I tal soconduct edi nser v i
cet rainingi nt ophot elsand
rest
aur ant si nt hePhi l
ippi nesaswel l asf oodandt ableser v
icedemonst rat i
on.
TheHRAPmember shipincl udes
1.Hot el sect or–compr iseshot els, resor ts,apar tel
les, pensi onhouseandt ranspor t
est abl i
shment swi thaccommodat i
onsandf oodser vicef acili
t i
es.
2.Rest aur antsect or–compr isesr est aurants, clubs, pubs, bar s, musi cl ounges, cat ering,
andqui ck-ser v
iceest abl i
shment s
3.Al liedsect or–compr isesest abl ishedsuppl iersofpr oduct s,equi pment ,andser vicesf or
hot els, restaurant sandf oodser v iceest ablishment .
4.Associ atediv i
sion–compr isesofschool sof f
eri
nghot elandr est aur ant
management /admi nistrat i
onort our ism- orienteddegr eecour ses
5.Af fi
liatesect or–compr isesot heror ganizat i
onsofpr ofessi onal wor kingi nhot el and
rest aur antindust ry
6.Pr ov i
nci alchapt ers–ar eest abl ishedi npr ov i
nces, char tered( rent ed)ci ti
esout sideof
Met roMani ladul yr ecogni zed, accr edited, andgov ernedbyt heby -lawsofHRAP
7.Honor arymember s–ar eper sonsr ecogni zedf ort heirexcept ional andout standing
cont r i
but i
onst othedev elopmentandt our i
sm act i
v i
ties
8.Li femember s–ar eper sonsr ecogni zedf orhav i
ngr ender edout standi ngser vicet ot he
Associ ati
onei therasof ficer ,direct or,ormember

Di
fferentPart
nership
I
nternati
onalOrganizati
on
1.Paci f
icAsiaTr avelAssociat
ion(PATA)Phil
ippi
neChapter
2.ASEANTour i
sm Associ at
ion(ASEANTA)
3.ASEANHot elandRest aur
antAssociati
on(AHRA)
4.I nt
ernati
onal Hotel
andRest aurantAssoci
ati
on(IHRA)
 5.TheAsiaFoundat
ion(
TAF)
6.JapanExt
ernalTr
adeOrgani
zat
ion(
JETRO)

Nat
ional
Gov
ernmentOr ganizat
ions
1.DepartmentofTour i
sm
2.DepartmentofLaborandEmpl oyment
3.DepartmentofFinance
4.DepartmentofHeal t
h
5.DepartmentofTradeandI ndustry
6.DepartmentofEducat i
on
7.DepartmentoftheInteri
orandLocalGover
nment
/Phi
l
ippi
neNat
ional
Pol
i
ce
8.SenateandCongr essCommi tteesonTour
ism

Nongov
ernmentPr of
essi onalOr gani
zat i
ons
1.Empl oyer’
sConf eder at
ionoft hePhi l
i
ppinesECOP)
2.Fil
i
pinoSoci etyofComposer s,Aut hors,andPublisher
s(FI
LSCAP)
3.Hotel andRestaur antTriparti
teConsul t
ati
veBoar d(HRTCB)
4.Phil
ippineChamberofCommer ceandI ndustry(PCCI)
5.Tourism Industr
yBoar dFoundat ion,I
nc.(TIBFI)
6.Tourism Council ofthePhi li
ppines( TCP)
7.Phil
ippineBusinessf ortheEnv ironment( PBE)
8.SocietyofAssoci ationExecut i
v es( SAE)

UNIONOFFI LI
PINOTOURI SM EDUCATORS( UFTE)
I
twasf or
mer l
yaTourism Educat
orsofSchools,
Col
leges,andUniversi
ti
esorTESCU,i
sabona
fi
deor gani
zati
onofTourism Educat
orsfoundedbyDr.ZenaidaLansangan-Cr
uzanddul
y
regi
steredwiththeSecuri
ti
esandExchangeCommi ssiononJanuar y9,1993

Members
1.Regul ar–t hosewhoengagedint eachingoftouri
sm andotherrel
atedcour
ses
2.Associ ate–t hoseinv
olvedint
ourism resear
ch,studi
es,andtr
aini
ng
3.Instit
utional–insti
tut
ionsandorganizati
onswhichareinter
estedinpromot
ingthegoal
s
oftheassoci at
ion

COUNCI LOFHOTELANDRESTAURANTEDUCATORSOFTHEPHI LIPPINES(COHREP)

Iti
sabonafideorgani
zat
ionofhot
elandrest
auranteducatorsofthePhi
l
ippi
nes
foundedbyDr
.IgnacioPablo,
anddulyr
egi
steredwit
htheSecurit
iesandExchangeCommissi
on

Members
1.Regul ar–t hosewhoar ef ull
-t
imeeducat or soradmi nist
rator sgrantingcer t
if
icates,
baccalaur eateorgr aduatedegr eeinHRM, pract
iti
onersint hehospi tal
ityindustrywho
havetaughtHRM st udentsf oratleastay earandiscur r
ent l
yonaf ull-
timeorpar t
-ti
me
basi
s, affil
iateswi thacol legeoruni ver si
tyof fer
ingHRM
2.Associ at e–t hosewhoar epr actit
ioner sint hehospitali
tyindustry,representativesoft he
DepED, DOT, HRI B,TIB,andot herregul atedagenci esent r
epr eneursint hehot eland
rest
aur anti ndust r
y
3.Sust ai
ni ng–t hosei nsti
tutions, associ atesorcor porati
onst hatareact ual
lyinvolvedin
thehot elandr estaurantindustryandadv ancementofhot el andrestaur anteducat i
onin
thePhilippines
4.Honor ar y–t hosewhoar ei nvit
edbyt heCounci ltobecomesuchbecauseofexcept ional
 andoutstandingcontri
buti
onstothedevel
opmentandgr
owthofthehospi
tal
i
tyor
touri
sm i
ndust r
iesandeducati
onali
nsti
tut
ions
5.Lif
e–t hosewhohav erender
ed10y ear
sofoutst
andi
ngser
vicet
otheassoci
ati
onei
ther
asanof f
icerormember

THEASSOCI ATIONOFADMI NISTRATORSI NHOSPI TALITY,HOTELANDRESURANT

MANAGEMENTEDUCATI ONALI NSTITUTIONSI NCORPORATED( AAHRMEI )
FoundedbyDr .Glori
aBakenSy ,i
senv i
sionedtobeanout st
andi
ngor gani
zationservi
ngasa
vehi
clef
orallschoolsofferi
ngHot el
andRest aurantManagement ,Touri
sm, Foodtechnol
ogy
,
HomeEconomi cs,Nutr
it
ion,andotherprogramsi nthequestforl
eadershipexcell
enceamong
academici
ansandpr acti
tioner
stowardqual i
tyeducationforal
lstakehol
ders.

Members
1.Regular–t hosewhoar eadminist
rator
s,includi
ngpract
icum coordi
nator
s.Onl
yregul
ar
member scanrunf orboar
dmemberposi ti
ons
2.Associate–t hosewhoar eHRM andTour ism facul
tymember sandindustr
y
pr
actit
ioner
s
3.Insti
tuti
onal–t hoseschool
s,coll
eges,anduni v
ersi
ti
esoffer
ingHRM andTouri
sm
pr
ograms

THEWOMENI NTRAVEL,PHILI
PPINECHAPTER
Wasor ganizedin1980.I
tisanaff
il
iat
ememberoft heI
nter
nati
onalFederat
ionofWomeni n
Trav
elOr ganizat
ion(
IFWTO)whichhasawor l
dwidemembershi
pof5, 000
Themember sarethetopfemal
eexecutivesofair
li
nes,
hotel
s,t
ravelagenci
es,t
ouroper
ators
andothercompani esinv
olvedi
nthetrav
el busi
ness.

PHILIPPINEASSOCI ATIONOFCONVENTI ONS/ EXHIBI

TIONS, ORGANI ZATIONSANDSUPPLI ERS,
INC(PACEOS)
Isthevoiceoftheconv ent
ionandexhibi
tionindustr
y?Itplaysasignif
icantrol
eintheeconomic
developmentofthecount r
ythroughconv ent
ions,t
radefairs,
andspeci alev
ents
Themember sareprofessi
onalconventi
ons.Exhibit
ionorganizer
s,venues,boothcont
ractor
s,
conventi
onhotels,
andexhi bi
ti
oncargof orwarders

NETWORKOFI NDEPENDENTTRAVELAGENCIES(NAITAS)
I
stheof
fi
cial
associ
ati
onofnon-
IATATr
avel
Agencieswhichest
abl
i
shedi
n1986?

MOVEMENTOFI CENTIVETRAVELEXECUTI VES(MITE)

Wasor gani
zedonAugust20- 30,1991bytheTourism Pr
omoti
onBoard(
TPB)for
merl
y
Phil
i
ppineConv enti
onandVisit
orsCorporat
ion(PCVC),i
ncooper
ati
onwi
ththeNewYorkbased
Societ
yofIncentiv
eTravel
Execut i
ve(SI
TE)

MEMBERSHI P
Representthefor
erunnersofincenti
vetrav
el suchashotels,
tourandtr
ansportoperator
s,
resor
ts,air
li
nes,marketi
ngandcr eat
ivespeciali
st,
andselectedmediapersonal
it
ies.I
tsmember
candeliveri
ncenti
vetravel
programswi t
hcr eati
vit
y,i
magination,
andprof
essionali
sm
Incenti
vetravel
Asdef i
nedbyt heSocietyofIncent
iveTravel
Executi
ves(SITE),I
ncenti
vetravel
isamodern
managementt oolusedtoaccomplishuncommonbusi nessgoal sbyawardingpar
ti
cipant
san
extraor
dinarytrav
elexperi
enceupont hei
ratt
ainmentoftheirshareofuncommongoal s.

PHILIPPINEASSOCIATIONOFACCREDI TEDTOURI STGUIDELECTURERSINC.(

PAATGLI )
FormerlyGuidesI
nc.(
Phil
ippi
nes)
,wasorganizedonMay21,1986asanonsti
ck,nonpr
ofi
t
enti
ty.
Atpresent,
theassoci
ati
onhasamember shipof320tourgui
des.i
twasamemberoft heWorld
Federati
onofTourGuidesAssoci
ati
onandapot entor
gani
zat
ional
arm oft
heDepartmentof
Touri
sm

THEPHI LI
PPI NETOUROPERATORS’ ASSOCIATION( PHILTOA)
i
sanor ganizati
onoft ouroperator
sandalli
edmember sactiv
elyi
nvolvedi
nt headvocacyof
responsibl
et ourism?FoundedonJune12, 1986,itisregi
ster
edwiththeSecur i
ti
esand
ExchangeCommi ssionasanonst ickandnon-pr
ofitorgani
zati
on.Member shipincl
udetr
avel
agencies,airl
ines, hotel
s,resor
ts,t
ranspor
tati
oncompani es,handi
craf
tstores,andother
touri
sm- or
ientedest abl
ishmentsandassociati
ons

MEMBERSHI P
1.Regul ar–t hosearedulylicensedt ouroper atorswhoar eengagedi nthebusi
nessof
booking,handli
ng,andassi st
ingi nallbusi nessandl eisur
et ouri
sm act i
vi
ti
eswithi
nthe
Phili
ppinesforbothlocalandi nternational tourist
2.Al l
ied–t hesearehot el
s,resorts,i
nns, handi craf tshops,r
est aurants,
nightcl
ubs,t
ourist
tr
anspor tcompanies,air
li
necompani es, shi ppingcompani es,conventionandexhi
bit
ion
organizers,t
ourguideassociation, andot herr elatedentit
iesdulyl i
censedand/orany
othergov er
nmentagencyper t
inentt ot hei roper ations.

Boar
dofDirect
ors
ThePHILTOABoar di
scomposedof9di
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ors.Si
xar
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armember
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psandt
hree
fr
om t
heall
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p

TOURISM EDUCATORSANDMOVERSPHI LIPPINES,INC(TEAM PHI LI

PPINES)
FoundedbyMr .Rober
tLim Joseph,envisionst obecomeal eadi
ngandpr oducti
veor
gani
zati
on
thatf
oster
sstrongpart
nershi
pbet weent hei ndust
ryandt heacademet hatwill
leadt
otherapi
d
growthofthedomesti
candgl obaltour
ism andhospi t
ali
tyindustr
y.