South Korea continues to be the biggest source of visitors to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.-\u00a0The Department of Tourism (DOT)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that the Philippines\u00a0received 2,010,522 international visitor arrivals<\/strong> this year up to April 24. The figure was up 15.11 per cent from the same period last year. Some 94.21 per cent were foreign citizens and 5.79 per cent were Filipinos living overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Korea remains the country’s biggest source market at 27.19 per cent or 546,726 arrivals, followed by the United States\u00a0(15.71 per cent), China with (6.49 per cent), Japan (6.13 per cent) and Australia (4.38 per cent). Canada, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Germany ranked sixth to tenth, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina Frasco<\/strong>, secretary of the DOT, said: \u201cThe Department of Tourism sees a positive trajectory for the country\u2019s international tourist arrivals this year. We are glad that the collaboration and collective effort and hard work are materializing into figures that are beneficial for the entire industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We are hopeful that with more investments in tourism infrastructure as well as much needed increase in connectivity as well as improvements in air, land, and sea infrastructure and accessibility, the numbers can further increase.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n For 2024, the Philippines aims to attract 7.7 million arrivals<\/a>. Last year, it received 5.45 million international visitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Korea continues to be the biggest source of visitors to the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines recorded over 2 million international visitor arrivals by April 24, marking a 15.11% increase year-on-year, with South Korea remaining the leading source market. The Department of Tourism anticipates continued positive growth, targeting 7.7 million arrivals for 2024, contingent on further investments in tourism infrastructure and enhanced connectivity.","focusai_entities":"Department of Tourism (DOT), Christina Frasco","focusai_location":"Philippines, South Korea, United States, China, Japan, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on IR GGR?","query":"Given the reported increase in international visitor arrivals, what is the projected impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for integrated resorts in the Philippines, particularly considering the primary source markets identified?"},{"label":"Infrastructure Investment ROI?","query":"How do the Department of Tourism's planned investments in infrastructure and connectivity align with the growth strategies of major integrated resort developers, and what is the anticipated return on investment for these initiatives in terms of increased high-value tourism?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23632],"class_list":["post-777015318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777015318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015339,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015318\/revisions\/777015339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}