Extended Period of Exemption from Payment of Travel Tax to All Passengers by Sea Originating from International Ports in Mindanao
Memorandum Order No. 42 • Presidential Issuances • Memorandum Orders • Nov 7, 2001
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November 7, 2001 MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 42 EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF TRAVEL TAX TO ALL PASSENGERS BY SEA, ORIGINATING FROM ALL INTERNATIONAL PORTS IN MINDANAO, INCLUDING PALAWAN, AND BY AIR, DEPARTING FROM ALL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDED THAT THE PASSENGERS ORIGINATE FROM MINDANAO OR PALAWAN, TO ANY DESTINATION WITHIN THE BIMP-EAGA (BRUNEI DARUSSALAM-INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-THE PHILIPPINES-EAST ASEAN GROWTH AREA) For reasons of national interest and in order to sustain and accelerate economic development in Mindanao, the exemption from payment of travel tax to all passengers by sea, originating from all international ports in Mindanao, including Palawan, and by air, departing from all international airports in the Philippines, provided that the passengers originate from Mindanao or Palawan, to any destinations, within the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area) is hereby extended to June 2004. For purpose of this Order, a Travel Tax Exemption Certificate may be secured from the Philippine Tourism Authority. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and One.
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