| Kagawaran ng Turismo | |
.svg) Seal of the Department of Tourism | |
.svg) Flag of the Department of Tourism | |
.jpg) DOT Building, home of the Department of Tourism headquarters | |
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | May 11, 1973; 52 years ago (1973-05-11) |
| Headquarters | IPO Building, 351Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue,Bel-Air,Makati |
| Employees | 527 (2024)[1] |
| Annual budget | ₱3.08 billion (2021)[2] |
| Department executives |
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| Website | tourism |
TheDepartment of Tourism (DOT;Filipino:Kagawaran ng Turismo) is theexecutive department of thePhilippine government responsible for the regulation of thePhilippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as atourist destination.
Started as a private initiative to promote thePhilippines as a major travel destination, the Philippine Tourist & Travel Association was organized in 1950. In 1956, the Board of Travel and Tourist Industry was created by Congress as stipulated in the Integrated Reorganization Plan. In 1972, sanctioned as law under Presidential Decree No. 2, as amended, the Department of Trade and Tourism was established, reorganizing the then Department of Commerce and Industry. A Philippine Tourism Commission was created under the unified Trade and Tourism Department to oversee the growth of the tourism industry as a source of economic benefit for the country.
In 1973,PresidentFerdinand Marcos created a new cabinet-level Department of Tourism (DOT) by splitting the Department of Trade and Tourism into two separate departments. Included in the new Department of Tourism were the newly createdPhilippine Tourism Authority (PTA) and Philippine Convention Bureau (PCB). The Department of Tourism was then renamed Ministry of Tourism as a result of the shift in the form of government pursuant to the enforcement of the1973 Constitution.
In 1986, under Executive Orders 120 and 120-A signed by PresidentCorazon Aquino, the Department of Tourism was reorganized and, correspondingly, the Convention Bureau was renamed thePhilippine Convention and Visitors Corporation, and theIntramuros Administration was attached, previously being under the defunct Ministry of Human Settlements. In 1998, the Department of Tourism assumed a prominent role in the culmination ofcentennial celebration of the country'sindependence from theSpanish Empire in 1898.
In 2003, the Department of Tourism initiated one of its most successful tourism promotion projects,Wow Philippines, under SecretaryRichard Gordon.[citation needed]
The latest improvements[clarification needed] in the tourism industry in the country came about with the passage of Republic Act No. 9593 or the "Tourism Act of 2009."[citation needed]
The department is headed by theSecretary of Tourism (Philippines), with the following five undersecretaries and assistant secretaries.
Also known as the "DOT Family", the following agencies are attached to the DOT and shall be under the supervision of the Secretary for program and policy coordination:
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