Preamble
WHEREAS, it is most desirable that the Philippine tourist industry should be developed and promoted as a means of bringing in dollar revenues so essential to the economic stability and prosperity of the country and of enhancing the prestige and foreign relations of the Republic; WHEREAS, at a time when the Government, with its limited resources, is not in a position to fully undertake by itself alone the necessary development and promotion work, it is equally desirable that the public as a whole, particularly the business community and the civic organizations, should be encouraged to extensively participate in this important national undertaking; WHEREAS, it is essential that there be unity of action and an integration of activities and services of both Government and private entities, aiming at the same objectives, for purposes of economy, concentration of effort and avoidance of unnecessary duplications in facilities and expenditures; and WHEREAS, the Philippine Tourist and Travel Association, a voluntary civic organization of local business and civic leaders and Government representatives, has proved itself desirous and adequately prepared to fully undertake tourist development and promotion work, having maintained with its own funds for at least a year now an office exclusively engaged in such work and a service for the assistance and benefit of visiting tourists and travelers: Now, therefore,