Tag: tourist arrivals

Tourist arrivals sa Boracay, tumaas

(Eagle News) – Tumaas ang tourist arrivals sa Boracay nitong Marso kumpara noong nakaraang taon sa kaparehong panahon. Ito ay kahit naka-amba na ang pagsasara sa nasabing isla para masolusyunan ang problemang kinakaharap nito na may kaugnayan sa kalinisan. Sa tala ng Economic Enterprise Development Department ng Aklan Provincial Tourism Office, nasa kabuuang 172,358 na turista ang bumisita sa Boracay nitong nakaraang buwan. Mas mataas ito ng 7 percent kumpara noong Marso 2017. Ang pagtaas […]

DOT: Tourist arrivals still rising despite Marawi crisis

(Eagle News) – The number of tourists who are visiting the country continues to rise despite the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. According to Tourism Assistant Secretary Ricky Alegre, Boracay, Bohol and Palawan are the places with high tourist arrivals.  Alegre said more than 600,000 tourists visit the country every month, including Koreans, Americans and Chinese. The DOT also noted the increasing number of Chinese tourists after President Rodrigo Duterte’s state visit in China.  

Tourist arrivals, tumaas ng 12 % sa loob ng siyam na buwan

(Eagle News) — Ipinagmalaki ni Department of Tourism (DOT) undersecretary Ronaldo Alan Canizal ang patuloy na pagtaas ng tourist arrival sa bansa. Ayon kay Canizal,  pinakamaraming dayuhan na bumisita sa bansa ay  mula sa Korea, Amerika,  China, Japan At Australia. Umabot na rin sa P178 billion-pesos ang naging income ng bansa mula sa nasabing mga turista mula pa noong Enero hanggang sa kasalukuyan. Target din ng DOT na umabot sa 6 million ang tourist arrival […]

PHL tourist arrivals hit 500k mark in January 2016

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) said, this is the first time in the history of the Philippine tourism that the 500,000 mark has been breached in the first month of the year. Dot assistant secretary Rolando ‘Alan’ Canizal said tourist arrivals to the Philippines reached 542,258 visitors or a 13.17 percent growth versus the 479,149 for the same month last year. Canizal said the department meanwhile expects the strong performance of the […]

Number of tourist arrivals in the Philippines increases

According to the data of the Department of Tourism, the number of foreign tourist arrivals increased last 2015 from 4.83 million in 2014 to 5.36 million in 2015, a 10.91% increase. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Congress criticizes DOT due to poor tourist attendance

QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Several congressmen reacted against the Department of Tourism (DOT) with Buhay Party List representative Lito Atienza saying that the said department failed to achieve the target of 10 million tourist arrival with only more than 2 million tourist arrivals recorded for the year. Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez defended that although they were not able to reach the target tourist arrival, the Department of Tourism (DOT) was able […]