Over 2.6M foreign tourists visited PH from January-April
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.
NUMBERS: Tourism statistics tallied 2,640,231 international visitors for the first four months of 2018, which is 12.35%…
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