In a recent report released by the Department of Tourism , the Philippines received a total of 1,318,719 foreign visitors from January to October 2020, a decline of 80.61 percent from the 6,800,052 arrivals in the same period in 2019.
In January, foreign visitor volume rechead 787,307 or an increase of 8.84 percent compared to arrivals from last year. Visitor receipts also increased by 9.10 percent amounting to P47.2 billion. To recall, the Health department reported the country’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, a 38-year-old female Chinese national, on Jan 30.
Tourist arrivals in the said month were recorded at 113,286, a decrease of 84.14 percent due to air travel restrictions. Visitor receipts only generated P6.91 billion, equivalent to an 83.60 percent drop.