Administrative Order No. 26

Section 1. A Philippine Host Committee for ASEAN Tourism Forum 1993, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, is hereby created to undertake the preparations and implementation of the Philippines hosting of the forum. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Secretary of Tourism – Chairman The Department of Tourism Undersecretaries, the Philippine Tourism Authority General Manager and the Duty Free Philippines General Manager – Vice Chairmen Chairmen of the Working Groups as may be designated by the Secretary of Tourism – Members The Secretary of Tourism shall designate a Senior Officer of the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation as Secretary-General who shall also be a member of the Committee. The Secretary General shall head the Secretariat and supervise the day to day implementation of the work program of ATF ’93.

Sec. 2. The Committee shall have the following primary objectives: * The projection of the Philippines as a competitive holiday and convention destination; * The organization of the biggest attended and most efficiently conducted ATF in the event’s 12-year history; * The promotion of increased tourist in-flow to each and/or to a combination of ASEAN member countries from various tourist generating countries; * The promotion of intra-ASEAN travel; and * The strengthening of the cooperative ties among the various sectors of the ASEAN tourism industry.

This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately

Sec. 3. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EDELMIRO A. AMANTE, SR. Executive Secretary