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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1653, July 13, 1977 ]

DECLARING THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE AS A TOURIST ZONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, certain areas, particularly the shorelines in the Province of Ilocos Norte have potential tourism value after being developed into resorts for the foreign and domestic market; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to conduct the necessary studies and to segregate specific geographic areas for concentrated efforts of both the government and private sectors in developing their tourism potential;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby declare the province of Ilocos Norte as a tourist zone under the administration and control of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) pursuant to Section 5 (d) of P.D. 564.

The PTA shall identify well-defined geographic areas within the zone with potential tourism value, wherein optimum use of natural assets and attractions, as well as existing facilities and concentration of efforts and limited resources of both government and private sector may be effected and realized in order to generate foreign exchange as well as other tourist receipts.

Any duly established military reservation existing within the zone shall be excluded from this proclamation.1aшphi1

Any proclamation, decrees or executive orders inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

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