Albay Representative Joey Salceda on Saturday urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to update the rates of the daily travel allowance and the representation and transportation allowance (RATA) of local government officials to boost local tourism.
Salceda, who is also the House Ways and Means chair, emphasized that the RATA was last updated in January 2013.
“They also have more resources as a result of the Mandanas-Garcia ruling. So, all in all, they are better placed to help the domestic tourism sector,” he added. He reminded the DBM, saying that “EO 77 s. 2019 prescribed the rates of expenses and allowances for travel. The same EO mandates a periodic review every three years based on a survey of lodging costs conducted by the DOT, and other economic indicators prescribed by the Philippine Statistics Authority.”
“From 2019 to 2022, the value of each peso has eroded to 89 centavos. Proportionately, the DTE should now be adjusted to P1,688 to P2,026,” he said.
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