Philippine Senate Committee on Tourism

Committee on Tourism
Committee on Tourism
	Senate of the Philippines ; 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025
Leadership
Chair	JV Ejercito (NPC) ; since July 29, 2025
Structure
Seats	15
Political groups	Majority (11) Nacionalista (3); NPC (3); PDP (3); Liberal (1); Independent (1); Minority (2) Akbayan (1); NPC (1);

Last updated August 21, 2025

The Philippine Senate Committee on Tourism is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate,^[1] the committee handles all matters relating to Philippine tourism and the tourist industry.

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Tourism has 15 members.

Position	Member^[2]
Chairperson	JV Ejercito	NPC
Vice Chairperson	Ronald dela Rosa	PDP
Members for the Majority	Bong Go	PDP
	Raffy Tulfo	Independent
	Mark Villar	Nacionalista
	Robin Padilla	PDP
	Lito Lapid	NPC
	Francis Pangilinan	Liberal
	Imee Marcos	Nacionalista
	Win Gatchalian	NPC
	Camille Villar	Nacionalista
Members for the Minority	Loren Legarda	NPC
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros	Akbayan

Ex officio members:

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Member^[3]
Chairperson	Nancy Binay	UNA
Vice Chairpersons	Joel Villanueva	CIBAC
Vice Chairpersons	Koko Pimentel	PDP–Laban
Members for the Majority	Grace Poe	Independent
	Cynthia Villar	Nacionalista
	Lito Lapid	NPC
	Ronald dela Rosa	PDP–Laban
	Sonny Angara	LDP
	Richard Gordon	Independent
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros	Akbayan
Members for the Minority	Leila de Lima	Liberal

Committee secretary: Maria Clarinda R. Mendoza

References

↑ "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
↑ "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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[1] "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[2] "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[3] "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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Committee on Tourism
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	JV Ejercito (NPC) since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Structure
Seats	15
Political groups	Majority (11) Nacionalista (3) NPC (3) PDP (3) Liberal (1) Independent (1) Minority (2) Akbayan (1) NPC (1)

Philippine Senate Committee on Tourism

Contents

Jurisdiction

Members, 20th Congress

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

See also

References