FURTHER INCREASING THE TRAVEL TAX RATES AS PROVIDED FOR IN PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1183, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1205 AND BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 38.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1867
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to discourage

unnecessary foreign travel and thereby encourage domestic tourism and providing

funds therefor;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree the further amendment of Presidential Decree No. 1183, as

amended, as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 1 of P.D. 1183, as amended is hereby

further amended to read as follows;

"SECTION 1. There is hereby imposed, in lieu of the travel

taxes levied under Section III of Republic Act No. 1478, as amended, and Section

VI of Republic Act No. 6141, a travel tax from : (a) all citizens of the

Philippines; (b) permanent resident aliens; and (c) non-immigrant aliens who

have stayed in the Philippines for more than one (1) year who are leaving: the

country, irrespective of the place of issuance of ticket and the form and place

of payment. A travel tax of P2,700.00 shall be imposed on passengers travelling

under first class passage and Pl,620.00 or those travelling under economy class

passage; Provided, however, That a reduced rate of P1,350.00 for first

class passage and P810.00 for economy class passage as provided for

under Republic Act Nos. 1478 and 6141 shall be imposed on those enumerated under

Section 2

SEC. 2. Proceeds to be realized from the additional tax

shall accrue entirely to the General Fund of the National Government:

Provided, however, that the Philippine Tourism Authority shall be

allowed to maintain its projected receipts for 1983 out of total travel tax

collections, with an annual increase of 5% thereof, chargeable against the

proceeds of the proposed increase before the same is remitted to the National

Treasury.

Section 2-A

Section 2-A of this decree."

Section 3

SEC. 3. All acts, decrees, executive orders, administrative

orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions

of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect fifteen (15) days

after approval.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of July in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen, hundred and eighty-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Executive

Assistant