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Department of Tourism
Kagawaran ng Turismo
	Seal of the Department of Tourism
	Flag of the Department of Tourism
	; DOT Building, home of the Department of Tourism headquarters
Department overview
Formed	May 11, 1973; 51 years ago
Headquarters	IPO Building, ; 351 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Bel-Air, Makati
Annual budget	₱3.08 billion (2021)
Department executives	Christina Garcia-Frasco, Secretary; Atty. Mae Elaine T. Bathan, Undersecretary for Legal and Special Concerns and Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary; Atty. Glenn Albert M. Ocampo, Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Secretary;
Website	www.tourism.gov.ph

The Department of Tourism (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Turismo, DOT) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination.

History

Started as a private initiative to promote the Philippines 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, President Ferdinand 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 created Philippine 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 the 1973 Constitution.

In 1986, under Executive Orders 120 and 120-A signed by President Corazon Aquino, the Department of Tourism was reorganized and, correspondingly, the Convention Bureau was renamed the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation, and the Intramuros 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 of centennial celebration of the country's independence from the Spanish Empire in 1898.

In 2003, the Department of Tourism initiated one of its most successful tourism promotion projects, Wow Philippines, under Secretary Richard 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]}

Organization structure

The department is headed by the Secretary of Tourism (Philippines), with the following five undersecretaries and assistant secretaries.

Undersecretary for Administration and Finance
Undersecretary for Public Affairs, Communications & Special Projects
Undersecretary for Tourism Development Planning
Undersecretary for Tourism Promotions
Undersecretary for Tourism Regulation Coordination & Resource Generations
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Communications and Special Projects
Assistant Secretary for Product and Market Development
Assistant Secretary for Tourism Regulation Coordination & Resource Generation for Metro Manila Cluster
Assistant Secretary for Tourism Regulation Coordination & Resource Generation for Luzon and Visayas

Bureaus and offices

Bureau of Domestic Tourism Promotions and Information
Bureau of International Tourism Promotions
Office of Product Development
Office of Tourism Coordination
Office of Tourism Development Planning
Office of Tourism Information
Office of Tourism Standards

Agencies of the Department of Tourism

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:

Tourism Promotions Board (TPB)
Intramuros Administration (IA)
National Parks Development Committee (NPDC)
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), formerly Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)
Duty-Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC)
Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF)
Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA)
Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD)

Tourism projects

Visit Islands Philippines 1994
Miss Universe 1994 (43rd Miss Universe)
Florikultura '98 – international horticulture exhibition
Expo Pilipino 1998 – Philippine Centennial International Exposition
1998 Philippine Centennial Celebrations
World Exposition 2002 Manila (cancelled due to financial problems of the government)^[2]^[3]
Visit Philippines 2003
Visit the Philippines Year 2015
Visit the Philippines Again 2016
Miss Universe 2016 (65th Miss Universe)
Boracay Rehabilitation 2018
2019 Southeast Asian Games