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2019 Philippine Tourism Statistics

2019 Philippine Tourism Statistics

Statistics, Economic Analysis and Information Management Division 8,260,913 VISITOR ARRIVALS IN 2019

an increase of 15.24% INBOUND VISITOR ARRIVALS 2010-2019

7,168,467 6,620,908 5,967,005 5,360,682 4,681,307 4,833,368 4,272,811 3,917,454 3,520,471

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Notes: Inbound visitor arrivals include Foreign visitors and Overseas Filipinos currently residing abroad Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration MONTHLY VISITOR ARRIVALS 2019 900,000

800,000 766,865 776,798 723,390 714,309 719,057 702,843 684,063 700,000 732,506 662,987 643,780 621,719 638,549 674,841 606,553 693,137 600,000 642,757 591,137 609,078 500,000 551,088 564,169 537,743 530,267 518,041 523,703

200,000 2019 100,000 2018 - JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Notes: Inbound visitor arrivals include Foreign visitors and Overseas Filipinos currently residing abroad Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration TOP VISITOR MARKETS 2019

22.48% 1,989,322 KOREA 1,624,251

CHINA 38.58% 1,743,309 1,257,962 USA 2.90% 1,064,440 1,034,471

8.07% 682,788 JAPAN 631,821 327,273 35.01% TAIWAN 242,411 286,170 2.27% AUSTRALIA 279,828

CANADA 5.48% 238,850 226,446 209,206 UNITED KINGDOM 4.06% 201,044

-7.68% 158,595 SINGAPORE 171,796 2019 MALAYSIA -3.69% 139,882 145,246 2018 - 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 2,000,000 Source: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration AIR ARRIVALS BY PORT 2019 MANILA CLARK VOLUME: 5,087,896 Total visitor VOLUME: 436,235 SHARE: 61.59% SHARE: 5.28% arrivals by air KALIBO 8,099,210 VOLUME: 772,501 SHARE: 9.35% ILOILO PALAWAN VOLUME: 3,939 VOLUME: 66,665 SHARE: 0.05% SHARE: 0.81% CEBU Source: Arrival/Departure Cards from Bureau of Immigration. VOLUME: 1,683,945 SHARE: 20.38%

BOHOL VOLUME: 11,367 SHARE: 0.14%

DAVAO VOLUME: 36,662 SHARE: 0.44%

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards collected by the Bureau of Immigration PHP 482.15 BILLION VISITOR RECEIPTS IN 2019

an increase of 18.80% INBOUND VISITOR RECEIPTS (in Billion PHP) 2015-2019

500.00 482.15

405.86 400.00 335.63

300.00 227.62 230.13 200.00

- 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration and Visitor Sample Survey MONTHLY VISITOR RECEIPTS (in Billion PHP) 2019 50.00 45.36 44.28 45.00 43.10 42.13 41.75 41.33 38.55 38.96 40.00 42.01 37.57 37.14 36.36 35.64 39.70 39.06 35.00 35.48 34.80 33.07 30.00 31.81 31.83 29.25 29.17 30.12 29.55 25.00

10.00 2019 5.00 2018

- JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration and Visitor Sample Survey SPENDING PATTERNS, 2019

2019 USD 128.35 Average Daily Expenditure 2018 USD 109.42

2019 9.49 nights Average Length of Stay 2018 9.07 nights

Source: Visitor Sample Survey PROFILE OF VISITORS, 2019

Main purpose of visitors include:

Business trips Visit friends/relatives (3.43%) (1.68%) Holiday/Leisure (59.34%)

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards PROFILE OF VISITORS, 2019

Things liked most about the Philippines

Warm hospitality Beautiful sceneries Good food Everything Able to see (46.35%) (30.04%) (8.45%) (6.33%) loved ones (5.73%)

Source: Visitor Sample Survey MOST VISITED PLACES, 2019

1.Cebu (incl. Cebu City , Cebu Province, Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City) 2. Rizal 3. Davao del Sur (incl. Davao City ) 4. Aklan (incl.Boracay) 5. Batangas 6. Zambales (incl. SBMA & Olongapo City) 7.Palawan (incl. Puerto Princesa City) 8. Albay (incl. Legazpi City) 9. Benguet (incl. Baguio City) 10. Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley) Source: Regional Distribution of Overnight Travelers Report from Accommodation Establishments NUMBER OF ROOMS

NUMBER OF EXISTING NUMBER REGION ACCOMMODATION OF ROOMS ESTABLISHMENTS NCR 444 48,882 CAR 661 10,239 Region I 951 12,961 Region II 524 8,003 Region III 792 20,021 Region IV-A 1,080 19,350 Region IV-B 1,364 19,875 Region V 871 13,844 Region VI 1,451 33,042 Region VII 2,210 48,490 Region VIII 647 9,962 Region IX 349 7,341 Region X 402 8,848 Region XI 558 13,582 Region XII 577 9,173 Region XIII 455 5,555 GRAND TOTAL 13,336 289,168 Source: Accommodation Capacity Survey 2019 MICE EXPENDITURE

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS NATIONAL EVENTS Average Expenditure USD 342,633.00 Average Expenditure PHP 1,930,000.00 per Organizer per Organizer Average Expenditure PHP 14,822.34 Average Expenditure PHP 10,042.13 per Local Delegate per Delegate Average Expenditure USD 2,177.67 per Foreign Delegate

Source: Convention Utilization Survey, 2019 THANK YOU! Statistics, Economic Analysis and Information Management Division [email protected]

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