00:00...nahahanap ng ibang source ang Department of Finance para pondohan ang tourism infrastructure sa bansa.
00:06Ito'y binantugon na takbang sa panukalang batas na nag-alis o nagtatanggal sa travel tax.
00:12Kaya ng ulat ni Bel Custodio.
00:16Sinabi ni Department of Tourism Secretary Cristina Frasco na ipauubayan na niya sa mga mambabatas
00:23ang desisyon sa panukalang batas na tanggalin ang travel tax.
00:27Kasunod ito na isinusulong ni House Majority Leader at ilokos notay Representative Sandro Marcos
00:33na House Bill 7443 o ang Travel Tax Abolition Act of 2026.
00:39A ni Frasco, isusulong pa rin na ahensya na patuloy na paglaana ng gobyerno na pondohang tourism infrastructure,
00:46education at preservation kung sakaling maibatas ito.
00:50So, there is a quantifiable benefit to the payment of travel tax.
01:00But, this being a creation of law, we then leave it to the wisdom of both houses of Congress
01:09as to whether or not they will continue the travel tax.
01:12Aniya, 50% ng travel tax ay napupunta sa Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority o TIEZA
01:20para sa pagsuporta sa tourism infrastructure,
01:2440% naman sa tourism education,
01:27at 10% para sa magpepreserba ng heritage structure.
01:31The World Economic Forum indicates that the Philippines ranks at number 69 of the 117 economies
01:40as far as tourism infrastructure is concerned.
01:42And if we deprive fund for tourism infrastructure which comes from travel taxes,
01:49then we will not have any hope of improvement as far as tourism infra is concerned.
01:56I respect Secretary Frasco's opinion, but honestly, TIEZA has an abysmal reputation in terms of absorptive capacity
02:10and actually the funds that are allocated to it are very scarcely or hardly used as efficiently as possible.
02:20Sa pamamagitan ng pag-alis sa travel tax, matutuldukan na ang paniningil na umaabot sa 2,700 pesos travel tax
02:29para sa first-class passengers at 1,620 pesos para sa economy-class travelers.
02:36Nauna ng nilinaw ni Marcos na ang pag-alis sa travel tax ay hindi nangangahulugang pagtalikod sa suporta sa turismo,
02:44kultura o edukasyon na mga sektor na kasalukuyang nakikinabang sa koleksyon na travel tax.
02:50Aniya, marami ng bansa na kasapi na ASEAN ang nag-alis na na travel-related levies para pasiglahi ng turismo at kalakalan.
02:59Ayon sa House Majority Leader, suportado ng Department of Finance ang panukalang batas
03:04at nahanap ng ibang source para pondohan ang tourism infrastructure, education at preservation.
03:10I think the multiplier in terms of the economic effects that the abolition of travel tax will have
03:17will be much higher than that of the Quesa allocating the funds that the travel tax goes to
03:26for projects that haven't necessarily had the highest impact.
03:31Ayon kay Rep. Marcos, magpapasan na ng counterpart measures sa Senado sa Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri.
03:40Isusulong din na House Majority Leader na maisama sa Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council o LEDAC
03:46ang panukalang batas na pag-abolish sa travel tax.
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