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 year’s target for 2022 of 1.7 million foreign visitors.

“Thanks to the Filipino spirit and the beauty of the Philippines, we achieved this meaningful record. Because of the priority given for Philippine tourism by the Marcos Administration, we're very optimistic for the prospects of our country in terms of being a tourism powerhouse in Asia anchored on the strength of our Filipino culture as well as the values of sustainability, resilience, and global competitiveness. We are at the cusp of the massive success of tourism in the Philippines. 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), the United Kingdom (62,291), Singapore (53,359), and Malaysia (36,789).

- Php 168.5 billion visitor receipts

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.

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