DOT reports P712 billion in visitor receipts so far this year

Mark Demayo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173450680648320241217-dot-year-end-report-MD-3.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco speaks before the media during the DOT&#x27;s Year-End Report in Makati City on December 17,  2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA - The Department of Tourism reports that Philippine tourism earned P712 billion in estimated visitor receipts from January 01 to December 15, 2024, a 119 percent recovery rate from 2019 numbers, in their year-end report.</p><p>“From the very beginning, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. made a bold declaration: tourism will be a cornerstone of our nation’s recovery. Inspired by his vision, we embraced the challenge—not just to rebuild but to innovate, not just to promote, but to develop, to transform, to lead,” Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco told the media during the annual DOT year-end press briefing.</p><p>She noted that the numbers achieved this year reflected the department&#x27;s efforts in advancing Philippine tourism.</p><p>&quot;Today, we do not just take stock of the year that has been —we celebrate the story of a nation reclaiming its place on the global stage. This is a story of recovery and resurgence, of numbers that inspire and lives that are transformed, opening the eyes of the world to the unique beauty and culture of the Philippines. It is a story shaped by the hard work and dedication of so many, written in the prose of your work, our friends from the media, and shared with the world in a voice that is distinctly Filipino.”</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3XFexglWdIE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority&#x27;s (PSA) April 2024 Labor Force Survey, 16.4 million or 34.11 percent of the country’s overall employment comes from tourism’s direct and indirect jobs. These include providing goods or services to foreign tourists, local visitors, or tourism-related businesses.</p><p>The Philippines registered a total of 5,646,351 international visitor arrivals as of December 17. Of these, 91.7 percent or 5.2 million are foreign tourists,while the remaining 8.3 percent, or 470,752 are Overseas Filipinos.</p><p>South Korea remains the country&#x27;s leading source market, followed by the United States, Japan, China, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia.</p><div><strong>TOURIST COURTS AND GOLF </strong></div><p>The DOT also bared upcoming projects and programs for 2025.</p><p>The agency has entered into a partnership with the Department of Health for the establishment of Tourist First Aid Facilities which are planned to be built in areas with a high concentration of tourists,</p><p>They are also in discussions with relevant government agencies for the creation of “Tourist Courts&quot; that aim to resolve crimes related to tourists.</p><p>The agency will also soon launch the “Layover Tours” as part of the Philippines Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tours program which Secretary Frasco said “would make layovers more enjoyable and provide seamless access to our iconic attractions.”</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7R2ZEVO15zs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>Inspired by the various legs of the Philippine Experience Program: Heritage, Culture, and Arts Caravans in 11 regions and the Philippine Dive Experience Program, the agency plans to launch the “Golf Experience” program, which Frasco said would “cater to enthusiasts eager to discover our world-class golf destinations.”</p><p>In addition, the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) intends to establish 5 additional hyperbaric chambers in key destinations in line with the launch of the Philippine Dive Experience Program and the awarding of the country as Asia’s Leading Dive Destination for the sixth consecutive year.</p><p>The United Nations (UN) Tourism Academy is soon to rise in Cebu as a product of the country’s hosting of the first UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia-Pacific, with the hopes to “strengthen the country’s role as a hub for education and capacity-building for sustainable tourism in the region.”</p><p>Secretary Frasco also declared the DOT has successfully diversified the Philippines’ tourism portfolio, which now includes cruise, wellness, meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE), sports, and halal.</p><p>The upcoming plans and projects of the DOT for 2025, she explained, are products of the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2023-2028 which serves as the cornerstone of the vision for Philippine tourism.</p>

<p>The Department of Tourism reports that Philippine tourism earned P712 billion in estimated visitor receipts from January 1 to December 15, 2024, a 119 percent recovery rate from 2019 numbers, in their year-end report.</p>

The Department of Tourism reports that Philippine tourism earned P712 billion in estimated visitor receipts from January 1 to December 15, 2024, a 119 percent recovery rate from 2019 numbers, in their year-end report.

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DOT reports P712 billion in visitor receipts so far this year

DOT reports P712 billion in visitor receipts so far this year

Mark Demayo,

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Published Dec 18, 2024 05:16 PM PHT

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