Tourism Statistics 

 INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE FOR TRAVEL AND TOURISM| AUGUST 2015 

 
 
Sources of Data:  A/D Cards & Shipping Manifests
  10/9/2015  Research and Statistics Division, OTPRIM 
Statistics Article 

 

 

Visitor Receipts.  Inbound receipts for August grew by 21.58%, accumulating to Php 21.97 billion (US$ 476.15 million)  Total revenue from inbound visitors for January to August amounted to Php152.19 billion (US$ 3.39 billion).  While the biggest visitor receipts was recorded in January 2015 with Php 22.48 billion, July and August posted double digit gain viz the other months, demonstrating high seasonality for these period during the year.   

 

 

 

Average Daily Expenditure (ADE) of international visitors for the month of August 2015 was recorded at Php 5,009.18 while Average Length of Stay (ALoS) for the same month registered 10.90 nights. These figures showed an increase of 20.41% and 1.58%, respectively.  On the other hand, Average per capita expenditure of visitors for the month in review was Php 54,600.01.  This figure showed a double-digit increase of 22.32% versus the August 2014 average per capita spending of Php44,637.68. 

 

  

Visitors from Korea provided the biggest contribution to visitor earnings for the country with Php 8.85 billion while visitors from the United States registered the second biggest spending of Php 2.72 billion.  China with inbound receipt of Php 1.45 billion and Japan with an aggregate spending of Php1.44 billion provided the third and fourth biggest visitor receipts for the Philippines.  Australia, with an accumulated spending of Php 1.08 billion positioned itself as the 5th biggest contributor of visitor earnings for the country.  

 

Among the top ten spending markets of the country, visitors from Saudi Arabia recorded the highest per capita spending of Php 80,826.15.  This was followed by visitors from Australia which recorded a per capita spent of Php 68,442.94.   On the other hand, visitors from Korea registered a per capita expenditure of Php 63,484.70 while visitors from the United States and United Kingdom recorded per capita spent of Php 54,361.44 and Php 47,735.26, respectively.

 

  

 

Visitor Arrivals. Total international visitors for January to August 2015 was recorded at 3,590,038 for a 9.87% growth compared to its corresponding figure of 3,267,542 in 2014.  Auguring well to the tourism industry is the positive growth rates of the country’s top twelve markets for the first eight months of the year.  In addition, for the first time, all top ten markets breached the 100 thousand mark in arrivals with Korea leading with 901,749 arrivals for a 15.04% increase versus its arrivals of 783,852 arrivals a year ago.  Meanwhile, August inbound visitors totaled to 480,689 for an 18.41% increase vis the August 2014 arrivals of 405,970 visitors.  This feat showed the highest growth rate so far for the year.

 

 

 

Air arrivals to the country for August 2015 was recorded at 473,841 visitors while those who entered the country by sea was registered at 6,848 visitors. 

 

 

Being the primary port of entry of the country, Manila received the biggest arrivals of 297,044 or 61.80% of the total arrivals.  Cebu shared 19.72%, hosting 94,789 visitors for August 2015.  Kalibo received the third biggest arrivals of 63,925 visitors which constituted 13.30% of the total while the other ports provided a combined arrivals of 18,083 sharing 3.76% to the total arrivals.  On the other hand, arrivals by sea which constituted 1.42% of the total summed up to 6,848. Manila received the biggest number of visitors entering by sea at 2,305 while Cebu followed with 1,857 visitors.  Combined arrivals from the rest of the sea ports aggregated to 2,686 visitors for a share of 0.56%. 

 

 

 

Asia contributed the biggest arrivals for the Philippines in August 2015 with 335,255 visitors for a share of 69.74% to the total arrivals. Americas followed with 59,747 for a market share of 12.43% while Europe comprised 7.93% of the total and contributed 38,135 arrivals.  On the other hand,  Australasia/Pacific (4.22%),  Overseas Filipinos (3.07%) and the Middle East (1.77%) likewise contributed to the overall arrivals for the month.

 

 

 

Visitor Market, January to August 2015. By visitor market, Korea is still the top contributor of international arrivals to the country for 2015 with 901,749 arrivals and a 25.12% share to the total inbound traffic.  This market grew by 15.04% compared to its 783,852 arrivals for the same months in 2014.

 

The United States of America provided the second biggest arrivals of 531,217 visitors for the first eight months of the year and recording a growth of 7.68%.  Arrivals from Japan grew by 7.71%, recording 334,881 visitors for the period in review.  China, which provided 322,417 arrivals continue to post positive growth with 4.55% for January to August 2015. 

 

Rounding up the top ten visitor markets are Australia (+9.26) with 153,097 arrivals, Singapore (+2.99%) with 121,917 arrivals, Taiwan (+24.36%) with 120,630 arrivals, Malaysia (+17.24%) with 103,995 arrivals, United Kingdom (+14.32%) with 103,577 arrivals and Canada (+9.24%) with 102,293 arrivals.

 

Taiwan remained bullish with 120,630 arrivals.  Among the top twelve markets of the country, this market registered the highest growth of 24.36%.   On the other hand, Hong Kong continued to show marked improvement with a 10.39% increase in arrivals.

 

High growth markets, August 2015.  For the month of August 2015, markets with substantial growth in inbound included: China with 65,403 arrivals (+62.03%), United Kingdom with 12,338 arrivals (+31.84%), Malaysia with 13,048 arrivals (+23.65%), India with 5,837 (+23.22%), Indonesia with 4,528 arrivals (+21.23%), Canada with 8,890 arrivals (+19.83%), Australia with 15,855 arrivals (+18.52%), Hong Kong with 10,202 arrivals (+16.69%), United States of America with 50,050 arrivals (+14.94%), and Korea with 139,472 arrivals (+14.67%).

 

  

 

 

 

 

Prepared by:    Tourism Research and Statistics Division (TRSD),

Office of Tourism Planning, Research and Information Management (OTPRIM)

Tourism Development Planning (TDP), Tourism Development,

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

e-mail @ mysay@tourism.gov.ph

               www.tourism.gov.ph

 

 

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