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MANILA, 15 December 2023: Philippines tourism passed the country’s post-Covid targets, with the Department of Tourism (DOT) reporting this week that visitor arrivals surpassed 5 million for year-to-date 12 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco commented on the performance: \u201cAs one the last countries in ASEAN to open up to tourism (post-Covid), I am happy to report that as of 12 December, we have breached the 5 million mark in terms of international visitors contributing an impressive PHP439.50 billion in receipts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sshe presented the data and tourism outlook last Tuesday during the Department\u2019s Presentation of Accomplishments at the Dusit Thani Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the year to date ending 12 December, the Philippines welcomed 5,069,752 international visitors. Of that total, 4,658,123 or 91.88%, were foreign tourists, while the remaining 411,629 or 8.12%, were overseas Filipinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea topped the chart as the Philippines\u2019 top source market with 1,341,029 arrivals, followed by the US with 836,694; Japan with 285,655; China with 252,171; and Australia with 238,487. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Canada landed in sixth place with 206,571, followed by Taiwan with 186,140, the UK with 141,516, Singapore with 140,633, and Malaysia with 92,383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer, the Asia Pacific region’s average recovery rate is 62% from January to September. The Philippines’ recovery rate was 65.54% from January to September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding visitor receipts, Secretary Frasco shared that the country is \u201crecovering faster than expected\u201d, with PHP458 billion in visitor receipts from January to November this year, or already 95.85% of 2019 figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, tourism created 5.35 million jobs from 2.6 million visitor arrivals in 2022, or 11 for every 100 Filipinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Source: DOT Philippines)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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