00:00Pag-arap ng marami ang libutin ng Pilipinas pero para sa ilang bejero,
00:05practical para lumipad palabas ng bansa.
00:07Tanong-tuloy ng ilan, bakit
00:09mas mahal pang bumi?
00:10Bumiyahe sa sariling bayan.
00:11Narito ang report.
00:15Sa dami ng magagandang pasyalan sa Pilipinas,
00:19hindi makakailanan
00:20na isa tayo sa paboritong binibisita
00:21ng mga turistang banyaga.
00:25May bad reviews tayong natatanggap
00:26mula mismo sa mga lokal na turista.
00:30Ang content creator na si Rodolf Hamilia.
00:32Halos buwan-buwan daw nagka-travel abroad.
00:35Habang minsan lamang sa isang taon
00:36ang kanyang local trips.
00:38Hindi raw dahil mas gusto niyang
00:40mag-out of the country,
00:41kundi dahil mas abot kaya raw ito.
00:43Kagaya po nung sa mga friends.
00:45Kung dapat magsha-sharegaw kami.
00:47And nung chinect po namin yung flights,
00:48parang umabot po ng...
00:5022k per person yung flight.
00:55Nung chinect po namin pa Bali, Indonesia.
00:57Mga 16k lang po.
00:58Kaya nag-push po kami sa Bali.
01:00Bukod sa pamasahe,
01:01mas practical din daw para sa kanya
01:03ang pagbiyahe sa ibang bansa.
01:05Wala accommodation hanggang tour packages.
01:08It's more fun in the Philippines kung...
01:10mas mababa ang presyo
01:11pa domestic flights
01:13compared to international flights.
01:15and mga accommodation.
01:16And sana,
01:17mas mabilis,
01:18maayos ang air...
01:20Ang Department of Tourism
01:22nakikipag-ugnay na raw
01:23sa Transportation Department.
01:25Nakikipagpulong na rin daw sila
01:27sa ilang airline companies.
01:30Ang meeting po namin last year
01:31ay nagbigay po ng commitment
01:33yung Philippine Airlines,
01:35Pacific,
01:35pati na rin po yung Air Asia
01:36na yung top two
01:38na pinakamahal.
01:40na price buckets nila
01:41ay tatanggalin po nila.
01:45I insisted on the part
01:46of the Department of Tourism
01:47na nararapat lang po
01:49na mag-
01:50magkaroon tayo ng monthly publication
01:52of price index
01:53sa Airfield.
01:55And that this be fully transparent
01:57and that the Civil Aeronautics Board
02:00strictly enforce
02:01clear guidelines
02:03in terms of price ceiling.
02:05Kung magka-travel naman abroad,
02:07di pa rin makakawala
02:08ang mga Pilipinong biyahero
02:09sa...
02:10Sa kasulukuyan,
02:12aabot sa 2,700 pesos
02:14ang travel tax
02:15para sa first-class passengers
02:16habang 1,620 pesos naman
02:19sa...
02:20economy-class passengers.
02:22Malaking bahagi ng buwis
02:23ang napupunta
02:24sa mga tourism
02:25related infrastructure.
02:26Kung si Benedict ang tatanungin,
02:28nakapanghihina raw ng loob.
02:30Ang pagbabayad ng dagdag buwis.
02:32Lalo na,
02:33kung hindi naman daw ramdam
02:34ang improvement.
02:35Nag-work ka ngayon,
02:36makikita mo sa paystip
02:37na nagbabayad ka na ng tax,
02:38income tax.
02:39So...
02:40If you want to take a breather,
02:42gusto mo mag-travel,
02:43pupunta ka abroad or locally,
02:44magbabayad ka.
02:45Ipapayad ka na naman ng tax.
02:46I think it's not fair na
02:48para ipass on pa yung...
02:50responsibility or expenses
02:52sa mga travelers natin.
02:55Just to sustain yung mga
02:57infrastructure project ng...
03:00tourism industry natin.
03:02Kaya po nakakapagbigay po tayo
03:04ng mga...
03:05local tourism infrastructure project
03:06sa ating mga local government units
03:09sa saang-saang...
03:10tulok ng Pilipinas.
03:11Kasali na po dyan
03:12yung ating mga tourist rest areas.
03:15Information centers,
03:17jetty ports,
03:18boardwalks.
03:20visitor centers and the like.
03:22Kaya naman po
03:22na may pondo po tayo
03:24sa pag-preserve.
03:25nung ating mga cultural and heritage.
03:30destinations
03:30in the Philippines.
03:33So then,
03:33with these very...
03:35tangible benefits
03:35on the travel tax,
03:37we sincerely hope
03:38that this...
03:40can find merit.
03:45kaya naman po
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