The Philippines obtained roughly 5.44 million vacationer arrivals for the complete size of 2024, exhibiting a rise of 8.7 % from the tip of 2023.
In line with the report issued by the nation’s Division of Tourism (DOT), international arrivals made up 91.4 % of combination arrivals, together with individuals categorised as abroad Filipinos.
In combination phrases, the nation recorded slightly below 5.95 million arrivals within the 12 months to December 31, together with 510,383 entries by abroad Filipinos.
The latter phase, which is made up of Philippine passport holders who’re completely residing overseas, was up by 14.2 % from a yr earlier.
The Philippine authorities sought to attract in round 7.7 million international guests for 2024, pushed by optimism after it went over its 2023 arrivals forecast.
The place are the vacationers from?
South Korea was the Philippines’ main supply market, with practically 1.57 million arrivals in 2024, accounting for 26.4 % of all arrivals and up by 8.2 % from 2023.
The USA was the nation’s second largest supply market, clocking in with 947,891 arrivals, about 15.9 % of the full, up by 4.9 % from the earlier yr.
Japan got here in third with 388,316 arrivals, about 6.5 % of all guests, up 27.1 % from 2023.
China offered about 312,222 guests between January and December, representing practically 5.3 % of all arrivals, up by 18.3 % from 2023.