Extended Period of Exemption of Travel Tax to All Passengers by Air and/or Sea from All Int'l. Ports in Mindanao ( Memorandum Order No. 469 )
March 24, 1998
March 24, 1998
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 469
EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF EXEMPTION OF TRAVEL TAX TO ALL PASSENGERS BY AIR AND/OR SEA ORIGINATING FROM ALL INTERNATIONAL PORTS IN MINDANAO TO ANY DESTINATION WITHIN THE BIMP-EAGA (BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, 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 air and/or sea originating from all international ports in Mindanao to any destination within the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area) is hereby extended to March 2000.
For purposes 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 24th of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.