MANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) — At least 114,663 Chinese vacationers visited the Philippines from January to June this 12 months, in accordance with the info from the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT).
The tourism company knowledge confirmed South Koreans have been the highest overseas arrivals through the first semester of 2023, with 673,841 arrivals.
Lawmaker Marvin Rillo, the House of Representatives Committee of Tourism vice chair, stated the South Korean vacationers accounted for 25 p.c of the two,470,798 foreigners that traveled to the Philippines through the first six months.
DOT knowledge confirmed that the Americans have been the second vacationer arrivals from January to June with 516,318, adopted by Australians with 129,705, Japanese with 128,081, and Canadians with 124,510.
Last week, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs introduced that it’ll launch the E-visa system “within the third quarter of 2023” to facilitate the entry of overseas vacationers and businessmen, together with Chinese, into the nation.