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AT A GLANCE
- Per Presidential Proclamation No. 758, series of 2005, the second week of January and every year thereafter is declared as Best Dives Philippines Week, promoting scuba diving with an emphasis on protection and conservation of the country’s underwater marine resources.
Recognizing that Philippine marine resources is a source of livelihood and recreation for a large segment of the Filipino people as well as an attraction to tourists and investors, and that scuba diving and related activities as a special tourism interest had greatly contributed to the development and promotion of tourism, then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Proclamation No. 758, series of 2005 declaring the second week of January 2005 and every year thereafter as “Best Dives Philippines Week”.
The law says:
“NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the second week of January 2005 and every year thereafter as “Best Dives Philippines Week”.
The Department of Tourism, through the Philippine Commission on the Promotion and Development of Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), is hereby directed to observe the said period with appropriate activities in major dive destinations in the country particularly in Subic Bay in Olongapo, Anilao in Batangas, Puerto Galera in Mindoro Oriental, Tubbataha Reef National Park and Busuanga in Palawan, Balicasag and Cabilao Island in Bohol, Boracay in Aklan, Apo Island in Negros Oriental, Moalboal and Malapascua in Cebu, and Davao Gulf, designed to promote sports scuba diving as a special tourist activity and family lifestyle and emphasizing on safety and the protection and conservation of our underwater marine resources.
All departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the national government, government owned and controlled corporations, government financing institutions, local government units, the private sector, as well as the mass media and the entire citizenry are hereby enjoined to give their support and cooperation to the programs and activities to be carried out to effect this Proclamation in coordination with the Department of Tourism, Philippine Commission on the Promotion and Development of Sports Scuba Diving (PCSSD), and the private sector organizers in the dive industry.” (Proclamation No. 758, Series of 2005)
Did you know?
The Philippines is declared as Asia’s Leading Dive Destination for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 by the World Travel Awards. (Official Instagram Page, Department of Tourism of the Philippines, accessed at https://www.instagram.com/p/CiOnIqvJl8G/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=0bd575ea-6bd8-4293-b734-d975e5beaf22.)
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