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  1. Cebu welcomed over 500,000 foreign tourists in 2022

    The capital Cebu City emerged at the number one spot after it posted 1,063,503 tourist arrivals for 2022. The city also has the highest number of foreign tourist arrivals among all 50 LGUs in Cebu ...

  2. Foreign tourists in PH reach 2.65M in 2022

    INTERNATIONAL tourist arrivals in the Philippines soared to 2.65 million in 2022, breaching the 1.7 million target, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Tu ... During this tour on Dec. 1-6, 2022, the group visited tourist sites in Cebu and Bohol. The tour was in support of the inaugural flight of China Airlines from Taipei to Cebu last Dec ...

  3. 161K foreign tourists visit Cebu in 8 months

    The latest available data obtained from the Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 showed that Cebu welcomed 161,272 foreign arrivals from January to August this year, up 313.58 percent from 38,994 arrivals recorded in the same period in 2021. Domestic tourists also grew 71.78 percent to 997,161 in the first eight months of the year from 580,496 in 2021.

  4. Cebu's tourist arrivals reach 1.8M in 9 months

    Dec 08, 2022, 12:07 pm. SOME 1.8 million tourists visited Cebu Province in the first nine months of 2022, up 175.32 percent from 669,243 tourists during the same period in 2021, a partial report of the Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 showed. Local tourists account for 82.63 percent of the total arrivals during the period or 1,522,574 arrivals, up ...

  5. 500,000 foreign tourists visit Cebu in 2022

    In its 2022 Overnight Arrival Report, the DOT said that aside from 544,290 foreign tourists, a total of 2,210,664 local tourists also visited Cebu last year. Cebu's major cities, Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandue, were the most-visited places in the province last year. Cebu City ranked No. 1 after it recorded 1,063,503 tourist arrivals last year.

  6. 2022: Rallying year for Cebu's tourism, agriculture

    CEBU CITY - The year 2022 will be remembered as a rallying time for the Cebuanos who are bouncing back from the effect of the two-year economic standstill brought about by the pandemic and a typhoon in December 2021, scaling up the tourism industry and agriculture in the province. ... With the upward trend of tourist arrivals not only in Cebu ...

  7. As of August, PH has welcomed 1.1M tourists

    Frasco was in Cebu City as a keynote speaker for the Go Explore Cebu Tourism Summit held at the Skyhall of SM Seaside City Cebu on Thursday, August 11, 2022. The event, which gathered all tourism ...

  8. Cebu tourism still short on numbers, but big on hopes

    Cebu tourism still short on numbers, but big on hopes ... arrivals from South Korea have reached 165,167 as of August 28. ... But from February 28 to July 10, 2022, MCIA welcomed 39,016 foreign ...

  9. CEBU'S TOURIST ARRIVALS REACH 1.8M IN 9 MONTHS

    CEBU'S TOURIST ARRIVALS REACH 1.8M IN 9 MONTHS ... EDITOR: Katlene O. Cacho-Laurejas SOME 1.8 million tourists visited Cebu Province in the first nine months of 2022, up 175.32 percent from 669,243 tourists during the same period in 2021, a partial report of the Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 showed. ... As for foreign arrivals, Cebu City ...

  10. PH receives 9,283 inbound tourists; DOT upbeat on higher arrivals in

    As of 14 February 2022, actual inbound tourist arrivals from visa-free countries aggregated to 9,283. DOT data also showed that of this number, 4,209 are balikbayans while the 5,074 are foreign tourists. ... DOT inks deal with Cebu LGU for more Tourist Rest Areas, "Heritage City" Carcar thanks DOT for TRA. August 29, 2023. Read more. DOT in ...

  11. Tourist arrivals reach 2-million mark

    The DOT's report as of November 14, 2022 shows a total of 2,025,421 tourist arrivals in the Philippines. Of this number, 1,487,343 or 73.43% are foreign tourists while 538,078, or 26.57 percent ...

  12. South Korea remains Cebu's top market for foreign arrivals

    Of this number, 20 percent or 337,086 happened to be foreign arrivals while the remaining 1.9 million were domestic tourists. The same DOT-7 data also showed that South Korea remains Cebu's top ...

  13. Foreign tourists start returning to Cebu

    February 27, 2022 | 12:00am. In the town of Oslob, south Cebu, foreigners and local tourists are already back for the whale shark watching in Barangay Tan-awan, as well as for other tourism sites ...

  14. Cebu'S Tourist Arrivals Reach 1.8m in 9 Months

    Local tourist arrivals stood at 1.5 million while internatio­nal tourists logged 317,761. SOME 1.8 million tourists visited Cebu Province in the first nine months of 2022, up 175.32 percent from 669,243 tourists during the same period in 2021, a partial report of the Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 showed.

  15. Cebu tourism stakeholders hopeful for recovery

    From February 24 to July 10, 2022, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) recorded 51,789 tourist arrivals, of which 39,016 were foreign tourists, according to data provided by the DOT.

  16. Cebu ready to host foreign tourists

    Cebu, home to MCIA, the country's second busiest airport, was only 200,000 foreign visitors short of arrivals recorded on Boracay Island, the top tourist destination in the country, with 1.6 ...

  17. PH to accept foreign tourists by Feb. 10; Cebu gets ready

    Published on : Jan 28, 2022, 9:21 am. STARTING Feb. 10, 2022, fully vaccinated foreign travelers from non-visa required countries may enter the Philippines either for business or tourism purposes, acting presidential spokesperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Resolution 159 ...

  18. Tourism in Cebu gains more ground: Additional flights expected

    CEBU CITY, Philippines - As tourism in Cebu gains more ground during the first half of 2022, stakeholders here are expecting more flights connecting the island province to other destinations ...

  19. DOT upbeat on hitting tourist arrivals target

    September 21, 2023 | 12:00am. CEBU, Philippines — As the 2023 Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) kicked off at NUStar Resort at the South Road Properties yesterday in Cebu City, the Department ...

  20. Philippines: foreign tourist arrivals 2023

    International tourist arrivals Philippines 2012-2023. Tourist arrivals to the Philippines slowly picked up after significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. From ...

  21. 3.6M tourists visited Central Visayas in 2022

    Feb 24, 2023, 6:03 pm. CENTRAL Visayas welcomed 3.6 million tourists in 2022, data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Central Visayas showed. This translates to a growth of 203.84 percent from 1.182 million guests in 2021. Of the total arrivals, 2.990 million arrivals were domestic tourists, up 164.71 percent while foreign tourists stood ...

  22. Cebu among best dive spots in Philippines

    Meanwhile, Cebu has recorded over 2.7 million tourists in 2022, 540,000 of them are foreigners, as per the DOT's overnight arrival report. Cebu City ranked number one with 1,063,503 tourist ...

  23. Central Visayas gets 2.2M tourists

    Cebu's share of tourist arrivals stood at 1.55 million combined domestic and international tourists from January to June, said Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco during the post-State of the Nation Address (Sona) Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB)-Cebu leg on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 at the Marco Polo Plaza Cebu. ... In 2022, the Philippines ...