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TIEZA chief operating officer Mark Lapid during the launch of the OTTSS at Conrad Hotel. (PNA photo by Joyce Rocamora) MANILA - The Philippine government has collected PHP2.3 billion in travel tax in 2022, raising optimism this year for the tourism industry severely battered by the pandemic. Data from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) showed that last year's PHP2.38 billion travel tax collected surpassed the combined figures from 2020 and 2021. Affected by a series of lockdowns and grounded flights, TIEZA was only able to collect PHP1.23 billion in 2020 and PHP359 million in 2021. "We're hoping to be back on our pre-pandemic collection which is about PHP7 billion," TIEZA chief operating officer Mark Lapid said in an interview Tuesday. "With the easement of all the restrictions that we have for outbound, together with other countries relaxing their restrictions and opening their borders, we're expecting a higher income," he ....

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