Some 92.7 per cent of aggregate arrivals were foreign tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- The Department of Tourism (DOT)\u00a0has reported that the Philippines\u00a0received over 2.8 million international tourists in the first six months of 2024. The figure was up 13.7 per cent when compared to the first half of 2023. Some 92.7 per cent were foreign citizens and Filipinos living overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Korea remains the country\u2019s biggest source market, accounting for 26.2 per cent or 792,482 arrivals. The figure was up 17.1 per cent when compared to last year. The United States is the second-biggest source market with 493,900 arrivals, 16.2 per cent of all arrivals. Arrivals from the United States experienced a decrease of 0.08 per cent from 1H23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were 191,222 visitors from China, making up 6.6 per cent of all arrivals. This was a 75.8 per cent increase from last year. There were 181,844 arrivals from Japan, up 40.9 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/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":" Some 92.7 per cent of aggregate arrivals were foreign tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14456,"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' Department of Tourism reported over 2.8 million international tourist arrivals in H1 2024, marking a 13.7% year-on-year increase, with South Korea remaining the primary source market. While overall arrivals demonstrate growth, the slight decline from the United States and a significant surge from China indicate evolving market dynamics. The nation targets 7.7 million arrivals for 2024, building on 5.45 million in the prior year.","focusai_entities":"Department of Tourism (DOT)","focusai_location":"Philippines, South Korea, United States, China, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis","query":"How do these tourism growth figures correlate with broader macroeconomic indicators in the Philippines, and what potential, albeit indirect, impact might this have on foreign direct investment flows or capital market sentiment?"},{"label":"Sectoral Growth Drivers","query":"Beyond direct tourism revenue, what specific ancillary sectors, including entertainment or hospitality, are poised to benefit from this influx of international visitors, and what are the implications for their respective capital structures or growth trajectories?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777017002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017002","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=777017002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017015,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017002\/revisions\/777017015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}