THE oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Princess Empress off the waters of Oriental Mindoro in February will cost Philippine tourism P886 million in lost revenue within a six-month period.

The latest situation report of the national task force on the incident said 55 tourism enterprises in three regions have been adversely affected by the 800,000 liters of oil leaking from the sunken vessel.

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