The figure was down 0.95 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- The\u00a0Department of Tourism (DOT)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that the Philippines\u00a0received 2.10 million visitors in the first four months of the year. That’s a decrease of 0.95 per cent when compared to the same period last year, which was attributed to drops in arrivals from South Korea, China and Taiwan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Korea<\/strong> remained the biggest source market with 468,337 arrivals. However, the figure was down 18 per cent when compared to last year. The United States <\/strong>was the second-biggest source market with 360,799 arrivals, up 9 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Japan <\/strong>ranked third, providing 156,532 arrivals. The figure was up 18 per cent year-on-year. There were 111,113 arrivals from Australia<\/strong>, up 19 per cent, and 99,152 from Canada<\/strong>, up 16 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were 92,659 arrivals from China<\/strong>, down 34 per cent, and 59,593 from Taiwan<\/strong>, a drop of 11 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April, the country received 450,493 tourist arrivals, down 1.97 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2024, the Philippines\u00a0received 5.44 million tourist arrivals. That\u2019s an increase of 8.7 per cent from 2023. Some 91.4 per cent of arrivals were foreign tourists, including Filipinos residing overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts at Maybank Securities<\/strong> have forecast that tourism in the Philippines could fully recover <\/strong>to 2019 pre-pandemic levels this year. Analyst Ronalyn Joyce Lalimo<\/strong> said ongoing infrastructure improvements, including airport upgrades, could also help boost tourism from markets like South Korea, the United States, Japan, and Australia, which have strong historical and cultural connections with the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n