Rosette Adel – Philstar.com April 25, 2024|5:00 pm Foreign and regional tourists flock to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on December 22, 2023. STAR/ Walter Bollozos MANILA, Philippines– The Philippines has actually invited over 2 million global travelers to the nation since April this year. In its most current report on Wednesday, the Department of Tourism stated that based upon its tracking’s information, the nation tallied 2,010,522 global visitors since April 24, 2024. Of these, 1,894,076 or 94.21% are foreign travelers, while 116,446 or 5.79% are abroad Filipinos. The DOT stated that these figures are 15.11% greater than the worldwide arrivals tape-recorded in the very same duration in 2015 pegged at 1,746,630. Last March 5, the documented worldwide traveler arrivals to the Philippines reached over 1.2 million. For January to April, the DOT stated that South Korea is still the leading source market of incoming visitor arrivals, contributing 546,726 or 27.19 % of travelers entry to the Philippines. This was followed United States includes 315,816 travelers or 15.71%, China with 130,574 (6.49%), Japan with 123,204 (6.13%), and Australia with 88,048 (4.38%). Ranking 6th to tenth leading source markets, respectively, are Canada, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Germany. The nation’s worldwide tourist invoices struck P157.62 billion from January to March 31, 2024. The DOT stated that this equates to an approximated 120.70% healing rate from the P130.59 billion income gotten from the very same duration in 2019 or the year before the worldwide travel constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. In the whole 2023, the Philippines signed up a price quote of P482.54 billion worldwide tourist invoices, 124.87% greater than the P214.58 billion visitor invoices in 2022. ‘Positive trajectory’ Given these figures, Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco stated that her firm sees a “favorable trajectory for the nation’s traveler arrivals.” “We are pleased that the partnership and cumulative effort and effort are emerging into figures that are advantageous for the whole market,” Frasco stated. “We are enthusiastic that with more financial investments in tourist facilities in addition to much necessary boost in connection in addition to enhancements in air, land, and sea facilities and availability, the numbers can even more increase,” she included. For 2024, the DOT is targeting a standard target of 7.7 million worldwide traveler arrivals, near its 8.26 million incoming visitors tape-recorded in 2019.
Philippines records 2 million global visitors since April 2024
