However, Drilon advised the tourism secretary, Wanda Teo, to increase the finances, especially the allocation for marketing, which is ready at P300 million as compared with P1.1 billion in 2016.
The committee has accepted DOT’s 2017 budget concept “with augmentation.” It approach that the company wishes most effective publish a branding and media campaign to get the wished enhance inside the finances.
DOT Undersecretary Katherine de Castro, is satisfied with the initiative to growth the price range allocation for DOT which is indicative of the lawmakers’ advantageous outlook about the potential tourism preserve for the country’s monetary increase.
“On the whole, the meeting was a breath of sparkling air for us, a lift in the arm, as our lawmakers themselves see the tourism quarter’s 8 percent contribution to our u . S . A .’s gross domestic product and that it generates job for many Filipinos, no matter the lower price range allocation in comparison to other authorities organizations,” she delivered.