[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 31, October 27, 1972 ]
EXEMPTING FOREIGN TOURISTS AND TRAVELERS FROM THE PAYMENT OF HOTEL ROOM TAX FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR STAY IN THE PHILIPPINES
To further promote the growth of tourism in the country, I,
FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of
the powers vested in me by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21,
1972, and General Order No. 1, as amended, dated September 22, 1972, do
hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Foreign tourists and travelers shall be exempt from the payment of any and all hotel room tax for the entire period of their stay in the country.
"SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the PhilippinesBy the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary