VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2020
as of Jan 15, 2021 %
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN-DEC % OF JAN-DEC GROWTH
Country of Residence 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 TOTAL 2019 RATE

ASIA
ASEAN
BRUNEI 540 353 109 - 1 4 5 - 12 12 1 - 1,037 0.07 8,126 -87.24
CAMBODIA 421 390 119 3 - - - 1 3 1 2 2 942 0.06 5,988 -84.27
INDONESIA 5,987 4,631 2,669 8 - 3 16 50 61 64 120 125 13,734 0.93 70,819 -80.61
LAOS 88 85 17 1 - 1 3 1 - - 2 5 203 0.01 1,454 -86.04
MALAYSIA 10,385 8,860 3,593 11 3 1 26 66 56 90 170 98 23,359 1.58 139,882 -83.30
MYANMAR 1,327 889 563 2 1 - 1 10 10 11 34 29 2,877 0.19 13,978 -79.42
SINGAPORE 9,182 7,349 3,259 4 2 9 30 21 23 34 35 50 19,998 1.35 158,595 -87.39
THAILAND 3,951 3,919 1,444 27 5 5 33 86 61 72 88 97 9,788 0.66 61,292 -84.03
VIETNAM 4,896 4,935 1,508 1 2 2 2 10 3 20 18 9 11,406 0.77 66,698 -82.90

SUB-TOTAL 36,777 31,411 13,281 57 14 25 116 245 229 304 470 415 83,344 5.62 526,832 -84.18
EAST ASIA
CHINA 153,109 11,313 4,132 3 2 66 174 84 247 346 448 508 170,432 11.50 1,743,309 -90.22
HONGKONG 10,962 751 292 18 1 93 52 73 91 36 27 48 12,444 0.84 91,653 -86.42
JAPAN 50,667 60,583 20,424 68 28 60 446 532 611 874 1,024 1,347 136,664 9.22 682,788 -79.98
KOREA 206,062 115,943 14,751 79 32 47 202 344 236 323 321 537 338,877 22.86 1,989,322 -82.97
MACAU 731 35 13 - - 1 1 - 1 - 6 1 789 0.05 8,429 -90.64
TAIWAN 33,488 12,026 2,846 2 1 3 13 31 31 76 57 70 48,644 3.28 327,273 -85.14

SUB-TOTAL 455,019 200,651 42,458 170 64 270 888 1,064 1,217 1,655 1,883 2,511 707,850 47.75 4,842,774 -85.38
SOUTH ASIA
BANGLADESH 519 433 192 2 - - 11 2 23 4 15 16 1,217 0.08 6,630 -81.64
INDIA 14,731 8,408 3,220 82 13 47 68 512 555 448 361 569 29,014 1.96 134,963 -78.50
IRAN 192 142 33 2 - - - 2 12 7 10 11 411 0.03 2,290 -82.05
NEPAL 520 267 89 1 - 1 1 8 8 12 9 24 940 0.06 6,018 -84.38
PAKISTAN 515 424 194 6 1 1 4 19 36 33 56 51 1,340 0.09 5,793 -76.87
SRI LANKA 463 335 150 4 - 1 8 22 45 21 44 24 1,117 0.08 6,412 -82.58

SUB-TOTAL 16,940 10,009 3,878 97 14 50 92 565 679 525 495 695 34,039 2.30 162,106 -79.00
MIDDLE EAST
BAHRAIN 229 231 144 19 39 18 26 47 48 78 75 140 1,094 0.07 3,296 -66.81
EGYPT 332 272 147 12 2 5 13 40 90 91 98 111 1,213 0.08 3,210 -62.21
JORDAN 132 118 57 1 - 1 2 8 22 12 23 21 397 0.03 1,931 -79.44
KUWAIT 486 416 121 4 - - 3 2 35 26 14 64 1,171 0.08 6,309 -81.44
OMAN 213 135 84 4 - 4 22 18 24 66 70 60 700 0.05 2,526 -72.29
QATAR 132 137 134 56 15 - 7 84 148 137 44 93 987 0.07 2,491 -60.38
SAUDI ARABIA 3,451 2,314 682 2 2 11 20 34 41 52 144 261 7,014 0.47 43,748 -83.97
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 533 531 397 4 15 3 46 138 232 242 148 229 2,518 0.17 10,192 -75.29

SUB-TOTAL 5,508 4,154 1,766 102 73 42 139 371 640 704 616 979 15,094 1.02 73,703 -79.52

AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA 27,929 18,900 6,644 17 8 44 91 110 175 312 308 735 55,273 3.73 238,850 -76.86
MEXICO 497 265 145 3 1 2 5 12 9 17 10 17 983 0.07 5,154 -80.93
USA 106,444 72,602 20,656 110 56 415 993 954 1,073 1,843 2,137 4,533 211,816 14.29 1,064,440 -80.10

SUB-TOTAL 134,870 91,767 27,445 130 65 461 1,089 1,076 1,257 2,172 2,455 5,285 268,072 18.08 1,308,444 -79.51
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 VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY-DECEMBER 2020
as of Jan 15, 2021 %
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN-DEC % OF JAN-DEC GROWTH
Country of Residence 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 TOTAL 2019 RATE

SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA 711 426 223 3 - 2 - 11 11 12 13 20 1,432 0.10 3,643 -60.69
BRAZIL 1,109 940 439 7 1 3 3 22 62 44 56 64 2,750 0.19 10,035 -72.60
COLOMBIA 334 234 93 2 - - 2 11 9 10 14 13 722 0.05 3,386 -78.68
PERU 160 123 49 1 - - 2 4 1 4 2 4 350 0.02 1,660 -78.92
VENEZUELA 80 41 26 - - - 1 4 10 5 11 7 185 0.01 702 -73.65

SUB-TOTAL 2,394 1,764 830 13 1 5 8 52 93 75 96 108 5,439 0.37 19,426 -72.00

EUROPE
WESTERN EUROPE
ANDORRA 5 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 8 0.00 25 -68.00
AUSTRIA 1,682 1,609 474 - 2 - 8 11 16 16 21 36 3,875 0.26 14,840 -73.89
BELGIUM 1,634 1,308 542 5 - 18 24 21 37 44 52 71 3,756 0.25 19,156 -80.39
FRANCE 9,405 10,457 4,068 15 2 20 32 95 85 119 81 151 24,530 1.65 88,577 -72.31
GERMANY 10,272 10,504 4,248 27 36 21 96 71 101 144 144 229 25,893 1.75 103,756 -75.04
LUXEMBOURG 77 55 15 - - - - - - 3 2 4 156 0.01 837 -81.36
NETHERLANDS 4,078 3,064 1,289 4 6 21 51 65 68 105 94 116 8,961 0.60 41,313 -78.31
SWITZERLAND 3,103 2,790 941 3 2 3 17 27 26 40 55 87 7,094 0.48 29,966 -76.33

SUB-TOTAL 30,256 29,787 11,580 54 48 83 228 290 333 471 449 694 74,273 5.01 298,470 -75.12
NORTHERN EUROPE
DENMARK 2,101 1,882 704 1 - - 17 26 24 30 29 34 4,848 0.33 18,535 -73.84
FINLAND 935 803 310 3 - 2 6 10 9 13 18 26 2,135 0.14 8,420 -74.64
IRELAND 1,750 1,233 462 1 2 2 3 17 19 21 37 74 3,621 0.24 21,475 -83.14
NORWAY 1,949 1,676 507 4 1 6 14 16 50 55 47 40 4,365 0.29 23,464 -81.40
SWEDEN 3,173 2,738 877 6 - 3 17 15 31 46 28 62 6,996 0.47 27,892 -74.92
UNITED KINGDOM 18,856 13,313 5,626 78 33 88 201 191 266 385 367 576 39,980 2.70 209,206 -80.89

SUB-TOTAL 28,764 21,645 8,486 93 36 101 258 275 399 550 526 812 61,945 4.18 308,992 -79.95
SOUTHERN EUROPE
GREECE 444 308 169 4 - - 19 106 57 95 71 52 1,325 0.09 3,849 -65.58
ITALY 4,223 3,227 837 21 8 11 54 110 82 137 155 111 8,976 0.61 38,951 -76.96
PORTUGAL 935 666 324 1 1 6 13 14 20 31 25 36 2,072 0.14 8,113 -74.46
SPAIN 4,337 3,485 1,330 13 2 29 37 71 70 57 78 112 9,621 0.65 49,748 -80.66

SUB-TOTAL 9,939 7,686 2,660 39 11 46 123 301 229 320 329 311 21,994 1.48 100,661 -78.15
EASTERN EUROPE
COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES 1,776 1,069 482 16 - 5 41 282 247 190 251 285 4,644 0.31 12,048 -61.45
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6,184 4,485 1,469 6 1 1 11 83 88 74 127 114 12,643 0.85 36,111 -64.99
TOTAL (CIS & RUSSIA) 7,960 5,554 1,951 22 1 6 52 365 335 264 378 399 17,287 1.17 48,159 -64.10
POLAND 2,493 1,987 723 2 1 1 8 22 37 46 40 69 5,429 0.37 15,816 -65.67

SUB-TOTAL 10,453 7,541 2,674 24 2 7 60 387 372 310 418 468 22,716 1.53 63,975 -64.49
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE
ISRAEL 2,693 1,441 512 - - 1 13 10 5 28 20 22 4,745 0.32 22,851 -79.24
TURKEY 1,145 847 489 3 - 1 64 107 168 214 284 297 3,619 0.24 8,654 -58.18

SUB-TOTAL 3,838 2,288 1,001 3 - 2 77 117 173 242 304 319 8,364 0.56 31,505 -73.45

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 VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY-DECEMBER 2020
as of Jan 15, 2021 %
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN-DEC % OF JAN-DEC GROWTH
Country of Residence 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 TOTAL 2019 RATE

AUSTRALASIA/PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA 28,884 19,204 6,553 8 4 9 43 69 102 122 163 169 55,330 3.73 286,170 -80.67
GUAM 1,351 1,041 383 - - 2 9 3 5 30 12 46 2,882 0.19 19,835 -85.47
NAURU 2 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 5 0.00 93 -94.62
NEW ZEALAND 3,854 2,122 768 3 2 5 11 14 24 23 30 27 6,883 0.46 37,872 -81.83
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 792 339 198 2 - 10 8 24 11 4 19 27 1,434 0.10 8,828 -83.76

SUB-TOTAL 34,883 22,706 7,903 13 6 26 72 110 142 179 225 269 66,534 4.49 352,798 -81.14

AFRICA
NIGERIA 416 379 209 1 - - 1 7 2 8 10 9 1,042 0.07 3,439 -69.70
SOUTH AFRICA 1,106 466 260 12 5 2 15 63 44 65 56 65 2,159 0.15 8,553 -74.76

SUB-TOTAL 1,522 845 469 13 5 2 16 70 46 73 66 74 3,201 0.22 11,992 -73.31

OTHERS & UNSPECIFIED

RESIDENCES 10,969 7,598 3,290 119 18 66 214 441 601 724 737 813 25,590 1.73 86,799 -70.52

TOTAL 782,132 439,852 127,721 927 357 1,186 3,380 5,364 6,410 8,304 9,069 13,753 1,398,455 94.33 8,188,477 -82.92
OVERSEAS FILIPINOS* 14,032 22,829 11,604 21 4,138 336 2,138 12,966 3,637 1,804 4,535 6,040 84,080 5.67 72,436 16.07

2020 MONTHLY TOTAL 796,164 462,681 139,325 948 4,495 1,522 5,518 18,330 10,047 10,108 13,604 19,793 1,482,535 100.00 8,260,913 -82.05
2019 MONTHLY TOTAL 723,390 766,865 714,309 662,987 621,719 643,780 719,057 702,843 606,553 638,549 684,063 776,798
Monthly Growth Rate (%) 10.06 (39.67) (80.50) (99.86) (99.28) (99.76) (99.23) (97.39) (98.34) (98.42) (98.01) (97.45)

Notes:
1. Per IATF Resolution, inbound travelers include those foreign spouses, minor children including children with special needs regardless of age travelling with Filipinos, as well as foreign parents of minor Filipino nationals, diplomats and crew members.
2. Report excludes sea arrivals from March 17, 2020 due to the following purposes of sea travel: 1) foreign repatriation, 2) change crew or joining, and 3) bunkering.
3. International arrivals from the exemption released by the Bureau of Immigration (29 May 2020) and changes in the travel restrictions stated in the IATF Resolution No. 60 (30 July 2020).
4. Based on UNWTO's Conceptual Guidance on Tourism Statistics in the Context of Covid-19.

* Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers

TOP 12 MARKETS BY VOLUME

Rank Country Jan-Dec % Jan-Dec % Growth

2020 Share 2019 Share Rate (%)
1. KOREA 338,877 22.86% 1,989,322 24.08% -82.97
2. USA 211,816 14.29% 1,064,440 12.89% -80.10
3. CHINA 170,432 11.50% 1,743,309 21.10% -90.22
4. JAPAN 136,664 9.22% 682,788 8.27% -79.98
5. AUSTRALIA 55,330 3.73% 286,170 3.46% -80.67
6. CANADA 55,273 3.73% 238,850 2.89% -76.86
7. TAIWAN 48,644 3.28% 327,273 3.96% -85.14
8. UNITED KINGDOM 39,980 2.70% 209,206 2.53% -80.89
9. INDIA 29,014 1.96% 134,963 1.63% -78.50
10. GERMANY 25,893 1.75% 103,756 1.26% -75.04
11. FRANCE 24,530 1.65% 88,577 1.07% -72.31
12. MALAYSIA 23,359 1.58% 139,882 1.69% -83.30

Sources of Data: A/D Cards & Shipping Manifests

Prepared by: Statistics, Economic Analysis and Information Management Division
Office of Tourism Development Planning, Research and Information Management
Tourism Development, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

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