THE Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) is expecting international visitor arrivals in 2023 to approach pre-pandemic levels if no further global disruptions materialize. Michelle G. Taylan, chair of the PTAA 30th Travel Tour Expo 2023, told BusinessWorld on the sidelines of a briefing in Quezon City on Tuesday that the group projects international visitor arrivals of […]
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BI: Arrivals in PH up 337%
THINGS are slowly improving on the travel front after the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that arrivals in the year 2022 had more than quadrupled from the very low 2021 level. In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said immigration officers processed 6,125,841 arrivals in 2022. This is up 337 percent from the 1.4 million […]
Philippine international arrivals hit 2.65M in 2022
THE Department of Tourism (DoT) said the Philippines logged 2.65 million international arrivals in 2022, beating the 1.7 million target and raising hopes for the arrivals goal to be met in 2023. In a statement on Monday, the DoT said that of the 2.65 million international arrivals in 2022, 2.02 million were foreigners while 628,445 […]
BI expects passenger traffic at airports to increase heading into 2023
THE BUREAU of Immigration (BI) on Monday said it expects passenger traffic to continue to increase up to New Year’s Eve as more Filipinos and foreign visitors arrive and leave. “Usually during New Year’s, departures also increase since Filipinos who live abroad, especially our overseas Filipino Workers return to the countries they came from,” Immigration […]
Visitor arrivals exceed 2 million since February reopening of borders
VISITOR arrivals since the Philippines eased its border restrictions exceeded 2 million two weeks into November, according to the Department of Tourism (DoT). The DoT said in a statement on Tuesday that it tallied 2.025 million visitor arrivals as of Nov. 14, consisting of 1.487 million foreign tourists and 538,078 returning overseas Filipinos. The DoT […]
Finland eyes strong tourism ties with PH
ASIDE from sharing its expertise in smart city solutions and sustainability, Finland is also looking at improving tourism between Finland and the Philippines, particularly in Cebu. In his recent visit to Cebu, Finnish Ambassador Juha Pyykkö said his country expects more visitors this year, such as from the Philippines, now that that pandemic-driven travel restrictions […]
Hospitality sector eyes surge of foreign tourists by Q3
TOURISM players will have to wait until the third quarter of this year to see a spike in foreign arrivals following the Feb. 10 reopening of the country’s borders to leisure and bu…
Foreigners make up 30% of int’l arrivals in Cebu on first day of reopening
ABOUT 30 percent of the international arrivals at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Thursday, February 10, 2022 were foreign nationals.This was disclosed Friday by Ed…
Malilong: Retaliation
Duterte extends diversion of Cebu-bound flights to Manila until June 12, the digital media company Rappler reported yesterday. Actually, it was Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea who signed the order to again reroute to Manila all international flights bound for Cebu, but since the executive secretary is the alter ego of the President, it was just […]