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Philippines Tourism Sustained Growth – DOT Report
02 July 2010
Close to four million tourists
visited the Philippines from January to May of this year,
a 5.37% growth compared to last year's period, Department
of Tourism (DoT) report said recently.
Based from the latest statistics
from the DoT, Metro Manila is the most visited destination
in the Philippines, with 848,518 foreign tourists staying
in accomodation facilities found in the area, followed by
Cebu which posted a 4.34% growth for the first five months
of 2010. RP's famed beach destination, Boracay Island, landed
third with 378,694 visitors from January to May, posting a
12.15% growth rate. Boracay is followed by Camarines Sur,
Baguio, and Davao City.
Puerto Princesa City in
Palawan posted the biggest growth rate in all provincial tourist
destination with 35.12 percent. For the first five months
of 2010, nearly 74,000 tourist have visited the city, primarily
to see the Puerto Princesa Underground River, a consistent
top candidate in the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign.
The DoT reports also stated
that a total of 80 new accomodation facilities are expected
to be opened by the end of 2010 to accommodate the growing
number of local and foreign tourist visiting various destinations
in the country. By 2012, 57 more will be added to the total
accomodation facilities in the Philippines.
In a statement, DoT Secretary
Joseph 'Ace' Durano said, “The DoT has laid down the
foundations for sustained growth in tourist arrivals and investments
in select destinations over the past years, creating opportunities
for increased local employment and harnessing entrepreneurial
capabilities of local government units and the private sector
to venture into and create new tourism products and services.”
Sec. Durano added that the
full implementation of the Tourism Act of 2009 will strengthen
the power of DoT and spearhead the development, promotion,
and conservation of the tourism areas in the country.
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Kasal.com thanks the following
sources for this article:
Department
of Tourism. First Five Months Report – Philippine Tourism:
Sustaining Growth Momentum for the Future. (Posted June 23,
2010) Retrieved June 28, 2010
Jaymalin,
Mayen, The Philippine Star. DOT reports 5.37% tourist growth
(Posted June 25, 2010) Retrieved June 28, 2010
Lontayao,
Rommel, The Manila Times. Tourist volume up in first five
months – DOT (Posted June 24, 2010) Retrieved June 28,
2010
Philstar.com.
Tourists increase in first 5 months – DOT (Posted June
24, 2010) Retrieved June 28, 2010
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