THE country’s tourism industry continues its brisk recovery this year, earning some P168.52 billion in inbound revenue from the 1.86 million foreign tourists who arrived in the first four months of the year.
The DOT did not provide the breakdown of nationalities who spent the most during their visit in the country.Meanwhile, international visitor arrivals crossed the 2-million mark from January 1 to May 12 this year, or 42 percent of the 4.8-million arrivals target by the DOT for the entire year. South Korea continues to be the top source market for tourists with 487,502 visitors accounting for some 24.4 percent of the total inbound arrivals during the period. This was followed by the United States with 352,894 ; Australia with 102,494 ; Canada with 98,593 ; and Japan with 97,329 .