Over 2 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2022 — DOT

  File photo shows a stretch of white-sand beach in Panglao Island, Bohol,  a popular attraction among local and foreign tourists. (LEO UDTOHAN)

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines received and welcomed more than two million foreign tourists in2022, the Department of Tourism said on Monday.

Data from DOT indicated that a total of 2,025,413 foreign tourists arrived in the country from February to December 2022.

There is no data for January 2022 since the country only reopened on February 10 after lifting travel restrictions due to the  COVID-19 pandemic.

Most of the visitors came from the United States (505,089), South Korea (428,014) and Australia (137,974).

China ranked the only tenth with only 39,627 visitors.

Meanwhile, a total of 628,445 overseas -based Filipinos also visited the country within the said period.

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