The tourism industry in Western Visayas continues to elicit interests of both foreign and domestic tourists earning for the industry some P14.6 billion in reported receipts as of August this year.
Data provided by the Department of Tourism (DOT), Iloilo City revealed that from January to August, 2007, some 796,602 tourists have visited Region VI showing a 15 percent increase compared with the 795,431 visitors in 2006.
Of the said number, 172,605 were foreigners with Korean nationals topping the list. Domestic tourists totaled 586,965 while about 37,032 were overseas Filipinos.
Visitors from the United States registered the second highest arrival in the region next to Koreans.
It must be of interest also that around 53.72 percent of the tourists availed themselves of first class accommodations; 49.84 percent–standard and 30.51 percent–economy.
Meantime, some 22.15 percent of the visitors stayed in pensions or inns; 24.66 percent in resorts and 21.36 percent in non-accredited places of accommodation.
Meanwhile, the expected opening of additional direct flights from Shanghai, China to Kalibo, Aklan in October and the proposed international flights once the Bacolod-Silay airport operates in November will further boost the booming tourist industry in Western Visayas. (By Boy Ryan Zabal/MP
Data provided by the Department of Tourism (DOT), Iloilo City revealed that from January to August, 2007, some 796,602 tourists have visited Region VI showing a 15 percent increase compared with the 795,431 visitors in 2006.
Of the said number, 172,605 were foreigners with Korean nationals topping the list. Domestic tourists totaled 586,965 while about 37,032 were overseas Filipinos.
Visitors from the United States registered the second highest arrival in the region next to Koreans.
It must be of interest also that around 53.72 percent of the tourists availed themselves of first class accommodations; 49.84 percent–standard and 30.51 percent–economy.
Meantime, some 22.15 percent of the visitors stayed in pensions or inns; 24.66 percent in resorts and 21.36 percent in non-accredited places of accommodation.
Meanwhile, the expected opening of additional direct flights from Shanghai, China to Kalibo, Aklan in October and the proposed international flights once the Bacolod-Silay airport operates in November will further boost the booming tourist industry in Western Visayas. (By Boy Ryan Zabal/MP
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