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Pursuant to Executive Order No. 192 and Memorandum Circular No. 121 of the Office of the President, the fees and charges for the entrance and use of the facilities inside Protected Areas are hereby revised as follows:

SECTION 1.       Coverage The fees and charges herein revised shall be applied in the interim in areas where the Protected Areas Management Boards (PAMB) as provided for under Republic Act No. 7586 have not yet been created.  In areas where the PAMB had been operationalized, the respective PAMB shall set the fees and charges for entrance to and use of facilities within national parks and other protected areas.

SECTION 2.       Entrance Fees The fees to be imposed upon entrance to protected areas shall be as follows:

2.1.   Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center (NAPWNC) and Hinulugan Taktak National Park (HTNP) and other protected areas:

2.1a.	Students----------------------------- P5.00
2.1b.	Adults---------------------------------P8.00
2.1.c.	Foreign nationals ----------------- US$2.00 or peso equivalent
2.2	Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary, El Nido Marine Reserve and Mt. Pulog National Park:
2.2.a.	Filipino nationals ----------------- P50.00
2.2.b.	Foreign nationals----------------- US$15.00 or peso equivalent

Children below five years old, senior citizens who are sixty-five years old or over and handicapped persons are exempted from the payment of entrance fees in protected areas.

SECTION 3.       Use of Other Facilities For other facilities and activities or use, the following fees and charges shall be:

Facilities			Rates	Condition
				(In Pesos)
A.	Parking Fee
	a. 1 Bus		25.00	For the first three hours or fraction thereof and P5.00 per hour thereafter
	a.2 Mini Bus		20.00	For the first three hours or fraction thereof and P5.00 per hour thereafter
	a.3. Car/Jeepney		15.00	For the first three hours or fraction thereof and P2.00 per hour thereafter
	a.4. Tricycle, motorcycles the like		8.00	For the first three hours & or fraction thereof and P2.00 per hour thereafter
B.	Picnic Shed		35.00	Per unit per day without limit as to the number of occupants.
C.	Picnic Tables		15.00	Per unit per day without limit as to the number of thereafter
D.	Tea House pavilion and other conference facilities		300.00	Per day or fraction thereof.
E.	Basketball Court and other court facilities		25.00	Per half-day or fraction thereof
F.	Sports fishing in lagoon / lakes using hook and lines		35.00	Per rod per day.
G.	Amphitheater		350.00	Per day or fraction thereof
H.	Filming for movie production, TV and commercials		3,000.00	Per day or fraction thereof exclusive of the use of electric power and other facilities. Include acknowledgment of the area to promote the park
I.	Swimming pool		15.00	Per person per visit
J.	Boat hire (paddled boat)		30.00	Per hour per boat.
K.	Holding of Commercial exhibits		1,700.00	Per day or fraction thereof
L.	Overnight lodging		70.00	Per person per night.
M.	Camping		25.00	Per person per day.
N.	Docking Fee		500.00	Per person per visit.

SECTION 4. Mode of Collection The following procedure shall be observed in the collection of fees.

4.1.   Entrance fee shall be collected from visitors upon entrance to the park area.  Corresponding tickets shall be issued for such fees following the standard ticket design to be prescribed by PAWB.

4.2    Charges for facility use and services shall be collected upon reservation and corresponding official receipt shall be issued for such payments.

4.3    Payments of fees and charges shall be made on cash basis only.

SECTION 5.       Collection Responsibilities The following shall be responsible for the collection of fees:

5.1.   For the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center (NAPWNC) and the Hinulugang Taktak National Park, the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau Director shall:

1. designate one collecting officer;
   
   
2. collect, and account such revenues collected to the Office of the Secretary
   
   
3. prepare and submit, to the Office of the Secretary, quarterly reports of revenue collections and remittances to the National Treasury.

5.2.   For other protected areas, the Regional Executive Directors shall:

a.    designate one Collecting Officer for each park; and

b.    prepare and submit, to the Office of the Secretary, quarterly reports of revenue collections and remittances to the National Treasury.

SECTION 6.       Issuance of Visitor's Permit A visitor's permit shall be required prior to entry in protected areas.

Visitor's permits shall be issued by the Regional Executive Director or his duly authorized representative in accordance with the attached prescribed format (Annex "A") upon payment of visitor's fee.

SECTION 7.       Repealing Clause This Order supersedes all Department Orders, Circulars and/or Memoranda inconsistent herewith.

SECTION 8.       Effectivity This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted: 21 July 1993

(Sgd.) ANGEL C. ALCALA
Secretary