QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 7852)
RA 7852 provides for the improvement and development of the Chocolate Hills tourist spot in the Municipality of Carmen, Province of Bohol to further enhance its tourism attraction and potentials.
The act covers the Chocolate Hills tourist spot in the Municipality of Carmen, Province of Bohol.
The Department of Tourism must coordinate with the Philippine Tourism Authority and other concerned agencies of the government.
It must prepare the development plan and construct the appropriate facilities and infrastructure for the area, subject to set tourism standards.
It must ensure the protection and preservation of the natural beauty and historical significance of the Chocolate Hills.
The facilities and infrastructure to be constructed must comply with the tourism standards prescribed/required by relevant authorities or regulations.
Section 3 requires the Department of Tourism to take immediate steps to implement the development plan and incorporate it into its overall tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year.
The Department of Tourism must incorporate the development plan into its overall tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year.
No. It mandates that the Department of Tourism prepare a development plan and construct appropriate facilities and infrastructure, but it does not list specific projects in the text provided.
Section 4 authorizes the Department of Tourism to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effective implementation of the Act.
It takes effect immediately upon its approval.
It sets a mandatory substantive limitation: even while improving and developing the tourist spot, the plan must protect and preserve the area’s natural beauty and historical significance.
By requiring development and infrastructure construction while expressly requiring protection and preservation of natural beauty and historical significance, and compliance with tourism standards.
The Department of Tourism is the lead implementing body—it prepares the development plan, constructs facilities and infrastructure, implements immediately, and incorporates the plan into its tourism program—while coordinating with the Philippine Tourism Authority and other concerned agencies.
Section 3, which requires immediate steps to implement the development plan and incorporate it into the Department’s overall tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year.