WHEREAS, there is need to coordinate efforts in the development and promotion of tourism in the Philippines, and to involve all entities directly or indirectly connected with tourism so as to provide a wholesome atmosphere for tourists in the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create the Philippine Tourist Board composed of the following:

Commissioner of Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Chairman
President, Philippine Tourist & Travel Association . . . . . . . . .	Vice-Chairman
Commissioner of Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Commissioner of Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Director, Bureau of Quarantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Director, Civil Aeronautics Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Director, Civil Aeronautics Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Manager, Manila International Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Director, Parks and Wildlife Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Administrator, NACIDA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Chief, METROCOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Philippine Chamber of Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Associated Hotels of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Hotels & Restaurant Association of the Philippines	Member
President, Advertising Council of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Philippine Press Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Association of Tour Operators of the Philippines .	Member
President, Philippine Society of Travel Agencies . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Taxicab Operators of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Bus Operators Association of the Philippines . . . .	Member
President, Hunting and Fishing Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Chamber of Cottage Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President, Airlines Operators of the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
President of the Jaycees, Rotary and Lions Clubs in the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Representative of the Mayor, Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Representative of the Mayor, Pasay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Representative of the Mayor, Makati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
Representative of the Mayor, Quezon City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member

The Board shall serve as an advisory body to establish the proper direction, the long-term and short-term objectives, the standards, and to recommend the necessary legislation, towards the advancement of tourism in the Philippines.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary