The Philippines received approximately 5.44 million tourist arrivals for the full length of 2024, showing an increase of 8.7 percent from the end of 2023.
According to the report issued by the country’s Department of Tourism (DOT), foreign arrivals made up 91.4 percent of aggregate arrivals, including people classified as overseas Filipinos.
In aggregate terms, the country recorded just below 5.95 million arrivals in the 12 months to December 31, including 510,383 entries by overseas Filipinos.
The latter segment, which is made up of Philippine passport holders who are permanently residing abroad, was up by 14.2 percent from a year earlier.
The Philippine government sought to draw in around 7.7 million foreign visitors for 2024, driven by optimism after it went over its 2023 arrivals forecast.
Where are the tourists from?
South Korea was the Philippines’ leading source market, with nearly 1.57 million arrivals in 2024, accounting for 26.4 percent of all arrivals and up by 8.2 percent from 2023.
The United States was the country’s second largest source market, clocking in with 947,891 arrivals, about 15.9 percent of the total, up by 4.9 percent from the previous year.
Japan came in third with 388,316 arrivals, about 6.5 percent of all visitors, up 27.1 percent from 2023.
China provided about 312,222 visitors between January and December, representing nearly 5.3 percent of all arrivals, up by 18.3 percent from 2023.
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