Tourism promotion via LGU competition

Tourism promotion should be done by local government units (LGUs). LGU leaders (governors, mayors, their respective councils, brangay leaders) will exert extra effort to develop the tourism attractions, roads, seaports and airports, power and telecommunication facilities, peace and order situation, and overall governance, if they are competing among themselves to attract tourists.

For instance, white-sand-beach municipalities of Mindoro Oriental (ex. Puerto Galera) will compete with white-sand-beach municipalities of Aklan (ex. Boracay), Bohol (ex. Panglao), Cebu (ex. Mactan), La Union, Ilocos Norte (ex. Pagudpud), Pangasinan (ex. Hundred Islands), etc.

Mountain resorts of Benguet (ex. Baguio) will compete with mountain resorts + waterfalls of Mt. Province (ex. Sagada), Ifugao (ex. Banaue), Cagayan (ex. Callao caves), Isabela (ex. Magat dam), Zambales (Subic), Tarlac & Pampanga (Mt. Pinatubo), Bukidnon (ex. Malaybalay), Davao, and so on.

Thus, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is abolishable. Or it can be demoted to a bureau attached under the OP handling national tourism promotion but has no regional or provincial offices.