2019 Philippine Tourism Statistics

Statistics, Economic Analysis and Information Management Division

8,260,913VISITOR ARRIVALS IN 2019

an increase of 15.24%

Notes: Inbound visitor arrivals include Foreign visitors and Overseas Filipinos currently residing abroadSources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration

3,520,471 3,917,454

4,272,811 4,681,307 4,833,368

5,360,682

5,967,005

6,620,908

7,168,467

8,260,913

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

INBOUND VISITOR ARRIVALS2010-2019

Notes: Inbound visitor arrivals include Foreign visitors and Overseas Filipinos currently residing abroadSources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigration

723,390 766,865

714,309

662,987 621,719

643,780

719,057 702,843

606,553 638,549

684,063

776,798

732,506

674,841 642,757

591,137

537,743 530,267

609,078

551,088 518,041 523,703

564,169

693,137

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100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

900,000

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

2019

2018

MONTHLY VISITOR ARRIVALS2019

145,246

171,796

201,044

226,446

279,828

242,411

631,821

1,034,471

1,257,962

1,624,251

139,882

158,595

209,206

238,850

286,170

327,273

682,788

1,064,440

1,743,309

1,989,322

- 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

2019

2018

TOP VISITOR MARKETS2019

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifestscollected by the Bureau of Immigration

KOREA

CHINA

USA

JAPAN

AUSTRALIA

22.48%

38.58%

2.90%

8.07%

35.01%

2.27%

5.48%

4.06%

-7.68%

-3.69%

TAIWAN

CANADA

UNITED KINGDOM

SINGAPORE

MALAYSIA

AIR ARRIVALS BY PORT2019

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards collected by the Bureau of Immigration

BOHOL

CLARK

CEBU

ILOILOPALAWAN

DAVAO

KALIBO

MANILA

VOLUME: 436,235

SHARE: 5.28%

VOLUME: 5,087,896

SHARE: 61.59%

VOLUME: 1,683,945

SHARE: 20.38%

VOLUME: 772,501

SHARE: 9.35%

VOLUME: 66,665

SHARE: 0.81%

VOLUME: 3,939

SHARE: 0.05%

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards from Bureau of Immigration.

Total visitor

arrivals by air

8,099,210

VOLUME: 36,662

SHARE: 0.44%

VOLUME: 11,367

SHARE: 0.14%

PHP 482.15 BILLIONVISITOR RECEIPTS IN 2019

an increase of 18.80%

Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigrationand Visitor Sample Survey

227.62 230.13

335.63

405.86

482.15

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100.00

200.00

300.00

400.00

500.00

600.00

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

INBOUND VISITOR RECEIPTS (in Billion PHP) 2015-2019

43.10 45.36

42.13

38.55 36.36

37.57

41.75 41.33

35.64 37.14

38.96

44.28

42.01 39.70

35.48 33.07

29.25 29.17

34.80

31.81 30.12 29.55

31.83

39.06

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5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.00

40.00

45.00

50.00

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

2019

2018

MONTHLY VISITOR RECEIPTS (in Billion PHP) 2019

Sources: Arrival/Departure Cards and Shipping Manifests collected by the Bureau of Immigrationand Visitor Sample Survey

Average Length of Stay

Average Daily Expenditure

2019 9.49 nights

2018 9.07 nights

2019 USD 128.35

2018 USD 109.42

Source: Visitor Sample Survey

SPENDING PATTERNS, 2019

Main purpose of visitors include:

Holiday/Leisure

(59.34%)

Visit friends/relatives

(1.68%)

Business trips

(3.43%)

PROFILE OF VISITORS, 2019

Source: Arrival/Departure Cards

Source: Visitor Sample Survey

Things liked most about the Philippines

PROFILE OF VISITORS, 2019

Warm hospitality

(46.35%)

Beautiful sceneries

(30.04%)Good food

(8.45%)Able to see

loved ones

(5.73%)

Everything

(6.33%)

1.Cebu (incl. Cebu City, Cebu Province, Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City)

2.Rizal3.Davao del Sur (incl. Davao City)

4.Aklan (incl.Boracay)

5.Batangas6.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

MOST VISITED PLACES, 2019

Source: Accommodation Capacity Survey 2019

NUMBER OF ROOMS

REGION

NUMBER OF EXISTING

ACCOMMODATION

ESTABLISHMENTS

NUMBER

OF ROOMS

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

Average Expenditure per Organizer

USD 342,633.00

Average Expenditure per Local Delegate

PHP 14,822.34

Average Expenditure per Foreign Delegate

USD 2,177.67

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Source: Convention Utilization Survey, 2019

MICE EXPENDITURE

Average Expenditure per Organizer

PHP 1,930,000.00

Average Expenditure per Delegate

PHP 10,042.13

NATIONAL EVENTS

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