MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 648, February 17, 1960 ]
“VISIT PHILIPPINES—SEE ORIENT YEAR”
WHEREAS, the Philippines and the Orient now find themselves on the threshold of a new era in air travel known as the Jet Age, when the advanced science of aeronautics will make possible vastly more rapid transportation between countries and continents, including those that are geographically farthest apart;
WHEREAS, the region of the Far East, which has so far been the least explored and exploited field of world travel, is now afforded the great opportunity to contribute its unique resources and exotic attractions to international tourism as well as to share in the tremendous economic benefit that it brings to all countries and people;
WHEREAS, the Philippines and its immediate neighbors are now fully aware of the unlimited potentialities of the tourist industry for bolstering their national economics and have embarked upon parallel programs of travel development and promotion work, to attract and induce more tourists to visit their respective territories; and
WHEREAS, the people of the Philippines, along with their neighbors in the Orient, are keenly desirous of doing their part in increasing people’s knowledge of each other’s history, culture, and progress through travel, and in promoting mutually beneficial relations among all sectors of mankind with a view to helping bring about peace, security, and abundance;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia President of the Philippines, do hereby proclaim the year 1961 as “Visit Philippines—See Orient Year” and invite the public overseas to come to our country and region to see and enjoy the wealth of natural, cultural, and historical attractions and the unique travel experiences that we offer to all visitors.
I call upon all officials of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines in all its subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, to cooperate in organizing a program that will assure maximum satisfaction to foreign guests. I also urge all business, civic, educational, cultural, religious, and labor groups, as well as the people of the Philippines in general, to observe 1961 as “Visit Philippines—See Orient Year” and to contribute to, and assist in, carrying out the program of events, activities, and ceremonies calculated to show the best of our country and the finest Philippine culture, so that we may fully live up to our highest traditions of hospitality and at the same time profit fully from it.1aшphi1
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 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary
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