Tourism Organizations

Charged with the responsibility to encourage, promote, and develop tourism as a major socio-economic activity to generate foreign currency and employment and to spread the benefits of tourism to both the private and public sector.

Promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.

Develop, preserve and manage Rizal and Paco Parks in Manila and the Pook Ni Maria Makiling Forest Park in Los Banos, Laguna, and other parks that may be assigned to NPDC

Formulate and develop a national ecotourism strategy, policies, guidelines, and program to promote and develop ecotourism in the country.

Its mission is to build a dynamic and harmonious Asia-Pacific community by championing free and open trade and investment, encouraging economic and technical cooperation, enhancing human security, and facilitating a favorable and sustainable business environment.

Its mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by conserving world’s biodiversity, ensuring that renewable natural resources are sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

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• Tourism Promotions Board

• Is mandated to develop and promote the Philippines as a retirement haven to accelerate its social and economic development, strengthening its foreign exchange position while providing further best quality of life to the targeted retirees in a most attractive package.

• TIEZA

• Its purpose is to formulate a comprehensive social welfare program for the upliftment, improvement, and amelioration of the social and economic conditions of the unfortunate needy members of society.

• DENR

• Responsible for implementing policies and programs of the DOT pertaining to the development, promotion, and supervision of tourism projects in the Philippines.

• Nayong Pilipino Foundation

• Responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment and natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in reservation and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain.

• Philippine Retirement Authority

• Take charge of attracting, promoting, facilitating, and servicing large-scale events, international fairs and conventions, congresses, sports competitions, expositions, and the like.

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• UNESCO

• It promotes active collaboration and mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific, and administrative fields.

• Cruise Lines International Association

• ·     On behalf of its members,

  affiliates, and partners, the organization supports policies and practices that foster a secure, healthy, and sustainable cruise ship environment, promoting positive travel experiences for the cruise passengers.

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• Its mission is to influence, encourage, and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature's integrity and diversity and ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

• Pacific Asia Travel Association

• To build business for its members, provide valuable insights, forecasts, and analysis to help members make better business decisions, and take a lead position on travel industry issues that need to be addressed.

• IUCN

• Its mission is to facilitate the management and development of sustainable tourism at World Heritage properties by fostering increased awareness, capacity, and balanced participation of all stakeholders to protect the properties and their Outstanding Universal Value.