Over 2.6M foreign tourists visited PH from January-April

Coron, Palawan. Katherine G. Adraneda/INQUIRER.net

At least 2.6 million foreign tourists have visited the Philippines over the first four months of 2018 – 12.35% higher than the number recorded in the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) disclosed on Tuesday.

In a Facebook post, the DOT noted the increase from the 2.3 million tourists that visited the country in 2017.

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Posted by Department of Tourism – Philippines on Monday, June 25, 2018

The DOT attributed the rise in number of foreign tourists to its unrelenting promotional effort to push the Philippines as worthwhile travel destination.   /kga