India’s favourite country? Philippines!
Philippines surpasses other South Asian countries in visitors as travel figures from India reaches the highest annual growth of 12.53% with 52,206 tourist arrivals. reports...
The Department of Tourism, Philippines (DOT), has announced that it has registered 52,206 tourist arrivals from India in 2013, as against 46,395 in 2012. Amongst Philippines’ key tourist markets in South Asia, India registered the highest annual growth of 12.53 per cent in visitor arrivals. The DOT has welcomed a total of 4,681,307 foreign visitors in 2013, surpassing the 4,272,811 arrivals recorded in 2012 by 9.56 per cent.
“Our key source markets performed well during December, proof that international confidence has been regained. The Philippines is profoundly grateful for the outpouring of support, aid, and goodwill from all over the world. They were all instrumen- tal in our road to recovery," Ramon R. Jimenez Jr., Tourism Secretary, said.
"We foresee better opportunities for growth this year as we continue to roll out programmes under the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP),” the tourism chief said. Philippines will play host to a number of international conferences and events this year. The country is currently preparing for ‘Visit the Philippines Year (VPY) 2015’, which will feature a calendar of events and an eclectic mix of activities.
SanJeet, Tourism Attaché, Philippines Tourism Marketing Office, India, said, “The double- digit growth affirms our consistent effort in promoting the destination. We owe this achievement to our team who have worked relentlessly towards increasing awareness about the Philippines in the country. It is also quite encouraging to note that we have performed well despite the unfortunate natural calamity that occurred last year.”