ASEAN COOPERATION ON TOURISM

Aileen Clemente
November 20, 2013

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

FREE FLOW OF INVESTMENT

Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA)
Registration as an Tourism Enterprise Zone (TEZ) of tourism related entities are entitled to incentives both fiscal and non-fiscal, to promote investments in the Philippines Fiscal Incentives Income Tax Holiday for up to 6 years Exempted from payment of all national and local

taxes
5% on gross income Exemption from custom duties

FREE FLOW OF INVESTMENT

Non-Fiscal Incentives
Employment of Foreign Nationals for the following positions: executive, supervisor, technical, advisor/consultant Special Investor's Resident Visa (SIRV) Working Visas Buildings and lands in a TEZ may be leased to foreign investors for fifty years and renewable of no more than twenty-five years.This is also known as the Investor's Lease Act or Republic Act 7652 Repatriation of Investment

FREE FLOW OF INVESTMENT

TEZs Location Date Designated
Feb. 14, 2012
Feb. 14, 2012 Sept. 20, 2012

Amount of Investment in PHP

15.6 B
30 B 1.56 B

Ciudad de la Victoria
Resorts World Manila Queens Castle

Sta. Maria, Bulacan

Pasay Medellin, Cebu

Source: TIEZA Report during the January 2013 Tourism Congress GMM

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (MRA) ON TOURISM

MRA on Tourism
Enable the mobility of employment for skilled tourism labor within the ASEAN

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

Credits to Suphatsaquadeekul, Executive Director of Bureau of ASEAN Affairs

ASEAN COOPERATION IN TOURISM

Objectives Develop and promote ASEAN as a single and collective tourism destination with world class standards, facilities, and attractions Enhance cooperation in the tourism sector among Member Countries to achieve facilitation of intraASEAN travel and free trade investment in tourism services; Provide a common forum for discussion of major issues and developments in travel and tourism

PLAN OF ACTION
Areas for Enhanced Tourism Cooperation
1. 2. 3. 4. Exchange of information and experience; Coordination and/or harmonization of tourism policies and programs; Marketing, training, research and information dissemination; Facilitation of intra-ASEAN travel;

5.

Promotion of tourism incentives to facilitate the development of tourism infrastructure and other related travel and tourism facilities;
Promotion of private sector participation and enhancing publicprivate sector collaboration; Closer cooperation with ASEAN Dialogue Partners and other emerging markets to promote tourism to ASEAN; Joint approaches in addressing international and regional tourism issues in areas of common interest

6. 7. 8.

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Strategy I: Marketing the ASEAN region as a single tourist destination with multifaceted attractions and world class standards and facilities

ASEANTA

ASEANTA

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

2014 Malaysia 2015 Myanmar 2016 PHILIPPINES

EXAMPLE OF EXISTING INTRA-ASEAN PRODUCTS/ PACKAGE

EXAMPLE OF EXISTING INTRA-ASEAN PRODUCTS/ PACKAGE

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Strategy II: Encouraging Tourism Investments under a More Competitive Regime

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Strategy III: Developing a Critical Pool of Tourism Manpower

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Strategy IV: Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Tourism

TYPHOON YOLANDA

TYPHOON YOLANDA

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

PREPAREDNESS
VULNERABILITY

STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Strategy V: Facilitating Seamless IntraASEAN Travel

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

All Pending in the Congress:

Senate Bill 1612 of 2013

Senate Bill 481 for 2013

Senate Bill 19 for 2013

Senate Bill 2384 of 2010

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

STRATEGIES AND ACTION TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES

Source: Asec. Canizals Presentation at the Arangkada Roundtable Discussion July 2013

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