16/05/2023
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌโ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ'๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐
The Philippines breached the 2 million mark in international arrivals surpassing the baseline target of the Department for the year 2022.
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco announced the good news in a forum in Makati City earlier today.
Citing the latest data from the Department of Tourism (DOT), Secretary Frasco said the country recorded 2,002,304 international visitor arrivals from January 1 to May 12, 2023 , already exceeding the entire yearโs target for 2022 of 1.7 million foreign visitors.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด,โ Frasco said.
โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข'๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต,โ Frasco said.
South Korea delivered almost a quarter of the total number of visitors for the Philippines with 487, 502 (24.35%) followed by the United States of America in the second spot with 352, 894 (17.62%); Australia with 102, 494 (5.12%); Canada with 98, 593 (4.92%); Japan with 97, 329 (4.86%) to complete the top 5 source markets.
Rounding out the top 10 are China (75,043), Taiwan (62,654), United Kingdom (62,291), Singapore (53,359), and Malaysia (36,789).
๐ฃ๐ต๐ฝ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ด.๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐
Citing the same report, DOT recorded Php 168.52 billion in inbound visitor receipts from January to April 2023. This is 782.59 percent higher than the Php 19,093,427,035.59 in tourism revenues generated in the same period last year.
