VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2011

Country of Residence
ASIA
ASEAN
BRUNEI
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
LAOS
MALAYSIA
MYANMAR
SINGAPORE
THAILAND
VIETNAM

JAN
2011

FEB
2011

MAR
2011

APR
2011

MAY
2011

JUN
2011

JUL
2011

AUG
2011

SEP
2011

OCT
2011

NOV
2011

DEC
2011

JAN-DEC
2011

% OF
TOTAL

JAN-DEC
2010

%
GROWTH
RATE

221
162
2,554
44
6,446
278
9,569
2,979
1,230

386
193
2,578
78
7,321
254
10,833
2,958
1,550

570
172
3,188
81
8,267
262
12,009
3,136
1,222

261
210
2,556
52
6,399
217
10,269
3,715
1,495

440
265
3,259
91
7,941
289
11,547
3,342
1,550

639
260
3,052
87
8,097
236
11,934
3,028
1,711

516
181
2,995
95
8,500
206
11,809
3,166
1,856

380
170
2,820
73
7,190
265
11,250
2,949
1,550

320
196
3,006
85
7,582
329
11,152
2,743
1,514

365
189
2,665
76
7,083
279
10,828
3,157
1,386

502
278
2,974
143
8,841
394
13,278
3,627
1,262

647
193
2,895
66
8,085
237
13,324
3,062
1,455

5,247
2,469
34,542
971
91,752
3,246
137,802
37,862
17,781

0.13
0.06
0.88
0.02
2.34
0.08
3.52
0.97
0.45

4,072
2,244
31,997
1,079
79,694
3,983
121,083
36,713
17,311

28.86
10.03
7.95
-10.01
15.13
-18.50
13.81
3.13
2.72

SUB-TOTAL
EAST ASIA
CHINA
HONGKONG
JAPAN
KOREA
TAIWAN

23,483

26,151

28,907

25,174

28,724

29,044

29,324

26,647

26,927

26,028

31,299

29,964

331,672

8.47

298,176

11.23

15,656
8,818
31,591
92,249
13,685

22,934
10,531
34,164
73,619
14,776

15,742
8,607
34,926
62,530
13,539

16,781
11,579
28,542
57,620
13,662

15,936
8,174
27,073
67,289
13,639

18,374
8,749
25,083
76,262
15,678

22,562
10,243
31,305
93,899
18,442

23,057
9,160
40,845
91,750
17,151

20,939
8,257
33,059
71,683
16,141

24,001
9,449
24,814
69,962
16,862

25,334
9,111
31,953
82,248
15,130

21,821
9,428
32,141
86,093
13,033

243,137
112,106
375,496
925,204
181,738

6.21
2.86
9.59
23.62
4.64

187,446
133,746
358,744
740,622
142,455

29.71
-16.18
4.67
24.92
27.58

SUB-TOTAL
SOUTH ASIA
BANGLADESH
INDIA
IRAN
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA

161,999

156,024

135,344

128,184

132,111

144,146

176,451

181,963

150,079

145,088

163,776

162,516

1,837,681

46.91

1,563,013

17.57

375
4,137
379
116
296
337

164
3,373
192
107
273
419

192
3,474
577
164
275
269

185
3,352
475
124
318
348

247
4,509
901
194
327
326

222
3,897
1,116
186
270
224

198
3,600
291
149
338
279

203
3,298
400
106
180
311

222
2,911
236
144
200
442

170
2,677
485
178
209
286

393
4,709
853
297
403
469

291
2,907
353
109
255
367

2,862
42,844
6,258
1,874
3,344
4,077

0.07
1.09
0.16
0.05
0.09
0.10

2,569
34,581
5,516
1,794
2,722
3,732

11.41
23.89
13.45
4.46
22.85
9.24

5,640

4,528

4,951

4,802

6,504

5,915

4,855

4,498

4,155

4,005

7,124

4,282

61,259

1.56

50,914

20.32

162
137
63
334
261
1,904
897

204
112
51
352
280
2,350
939

198
136
69
468
296
1,710
1,061

273
94
49
391
288
2,085
1,032

243
147
99
476
314
2,201
1,042

360
122
53
696
299
3,126
1,358

417
149
82
657
368
4,308
1,731

286
61
48
311
294
1,223
1,100

311
97
56
497
252
2,898
970

240
84
46
450
236
2,371
891

307
134
94
490
378
2,358
1,264

303
116
45
308
336
1,411
1,119

3,304
1,389
755
5,430
3,602
27,945
13,404

0.08
0.04
0.02
0.14
0.09
0.71
0.34

3,334
1,135
691
5,230
3,378
22,214
12,734

-0.90
22.38
9.26
3.82
6.63
25.80
5.26

3,758

4,288

3,938

4,212

4,522

6,014

7,712

3,323

5,081

4,318

5,025

3,638

55,829

1.43

48,716

14.60

13,712
108
63,674

9,135
78
50,348

10,953
131
54,825

11,178
118
60,353

10,343
139
54,242

5,829
124
54,578

9,150
108
52,008

6,312
74
39,252

5,832
153
37,487

8,190
123
45,669

10,091
197
48,020

16,698
145
64,071

117,423
1,498
624,527

3.00
0.04
15.94

106,345
1,195
600,165

10.42
25.36
4.06

77,494

59,561

65,909

71,649

64,724

60,531

61,266

45,638

43,472

53,982

58,308

80,914

743,448

18.98

707,705

SUB-TOTAL
MIDDLE EAST
BAHRAIN
EGYPT
JORDAN
KUWAIT
QATAR*
SAUDI ARABIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
SUB-TOTAL
AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
MEXICO
USA
SUB-TOTAL

5.05
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VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2011

Country of Residence

JAN
2011

FEB
2011

MAR
2011

APR
2011

MAY
2011

JUN
2011

JUL
2011

AUG
2011

SEP
2011

OCT
2011

NOV
2011

DEC
2011

JAN-DEC
2011

% OF
TOTAL

JAN-DEC
2010

%
GROWTH
RATE

SOUTH AMERICA
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
COLOMBIA
PERU
VENEZUELA

100
191
88
31
23

67
142
42
30
16

87
156
60
29
18

45
170
72
36
20

84
154
37
34
29

52
160
42
43
17

83
165
66
32
29

34
146
52
26
15

49
162
53
21
13

65
204
72
38
25

59
212
55
45
34

61
216
50
26
25

786
2,078
689
391
264

0.02
0.05
0.02
0.01
0.01

684
1,652
581
403
330

14.91
25.79
18.59
-2.98
-20.00

SUB-TOTAL

433

297

350

343

338

314

375

273

298

404

405

378

4,208

0.11

3,650

15.29

1,422
791
3,000
5,645
35
1,934
2,127

1,277
875
3,314
6,021
42
1,645
2,023

1,127
828
2,442
6,096
50
1,704
1,943

983
983
2,705
5,107
38
1,712
2,333

718
699
1,855
3,824
24
1,482
1,302

789
807
1,745
3,667
17
1,325
1,112

1,054
1,854
2,818
4,965
91
2,552
2,446

718
718
2,405
4,925
85
1,323
1,093

480
604
1,424
3,493
26
1,284
1,204

734
778
2,102
4,779
50
1,726
1,752

798
765
2,674
5,576
43
1,877
1,981

1,503
1,257
3,107
7,095
54
2,465
3,019

11,603
10,959
29,591
61,193
555
21,029
22,335

0.30
0.28
0.76
1.56
0.01
0.54
0.57

11,537
10,512
27,302
58,725
666
19,227
21,224

0.57
4.25
8.38
4.20
-16.67
9.37
5.23

SUB-TOTAL
NORTHERN EUROPE
DENMARK
FINLAND
IRELAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM

14,954

15,197

14,190

13,861

9,904

9,462

15,780

11,267

8,515

11,921

13,714

18,500

157,265

4.01

149,193

5.41

1,609
690
491
1,714
2,439
8,579

1,571
498
385
1,735
2,197
8,260

1,076
414
488
1,346
1,690
9,226

1,076
305
539
1,508
1,347
10,915

816
298
447
857
906
8,014

806
283
587
2,229
1,110
6,382

1,129
311
573
2,098
965
9,775

514
160
397
813
606
8,144

655
260
349
863
714
6,415

912
282
464
1,144
1,072
7,898

1,114
427
534
1,293
1,609
8,479

1,726
852
769
2,359
3,318
12,379

13,004
4,780
6,023
17,959
17,973
104,466

0.33
0.12
0.15
0.46
0.46
2.67

11,609
4,024
5,368
16,742
15,510
96,925

12.02
18.79
12.20
7.27
15.88
7.78

SUB-TOTAL
SOUTHERN EUROPE
GREECE
ITALY
PORTUGAL
SPAIN

15,522

14,646

14,240

15,690

11,338

11,397

14,851

10,634

9,256

11,772

13,456

21,403

164,205

4.19

150,178

9.34

174
1,857
80
1,124

162
1,451
239
962

146
1,436
116
1,291

136
1,046
102
1,305

133
894
62
925

116
1,001
66
1,031

172
1,371
63
1,473

138
1,516
96
1,555

158
872
78
856

132
1,079
131
1,126

213
1,333
96
1,386

175
1,942
101
1,614

1,855
15,798
1,230
14,648

0.05
0.40
0.03
0.37

2,104
16,350
1,175
12,759

-11.83
-3.38
4.68
14.81

SUB-TOTAL
EASTERN EUROPE
COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TOTAL (CIS & RUSSIA)
POLAND

3,235

2,814

2,989

2,589

2,014

2,214

3,079

3,305

1,964

2,468

3,028

3,832

33,531

0.86

32,388

3.53

436
2,988
3,424
351

388
1,715
2,103
417

451
1,995
2,446
371

264
1,345
1,609
259

317
1,093
1,410
203

226
684
910
125

249
827
1,076
143

218
1,039
1,257
149

243
952
1,195
182

232
1,537
1,769
242

375
2,448
2,823
523

324
3,562
3,886
298

3,723
20,185
23,908
3,263

0.10
0.52
0.61
0.08

4,262
14,642
18,904
2,917

-12.65
37.86
26.47
11.86

SUB-TOTAL
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE**
ISRAEL
TURKEY

3,775

2,520

2,817

1,868

1,613

1,035

1,219

1,406

1,377

2,011

3,346

4,184

27,171

0.69

21,821

24.52

559
241

382
228

466
137

425
238

378
241

285
178

381
264

346
234

384
181

477
213

436
307

471
199

4,990
2,661

0.13
0.07

4,525
2,886

10.28
-7.80

800

610

603

663

619

463

645

580

565

690

743

670

7,651

0.20

7,411

3.24

EUROPE
WESTERN EUROPE
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
FRANCE
GERMANY
LUXEMBOURG
NETHERLANDS
SWITZERLAND

SUB-TOTAL

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VISITOR ARRIVALS TO THE PHILIPPINES BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY-DECEMBER 2011
JAN
2011

Country of Residence
AUSTRALASIA/PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA
GUAM
NAURU
NEW ZEALAND
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SUB-TOTAL
AFRICA
NIGERIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SUB-TOTAL

FEB
2011

MAR
2011

APR
2011

MAY
2011

JUN
2011

JUL
2011

AUG
2011

SEP
2011

OCT
2011

NOV
2011

DEC
2011

JAN-DEC
2011

% OF
TOTAL

JAN-DEC
2010

%
GROWTH
RATE

14,106
2,734
1
1,008
218

12,461
2,700
4
703
149

13,851
2,991
3
1,029
258

16,263
3,433
1,296
275

13,534
3,690
1,109
337

12,546
4,866
1
955
297

12,255
4,737
2
1,138
292

11,075
2,601
879
286

13,677
2,724
803
328

13,733
3,188
6
955
377

14,862
3,458
2
1,005
421

22,373
3,891
1,902
356

170,736
41,013
19
12,782
3,594

4.36
1.05
0.00
0.33
0.09

147,469
40,928
16
11,323
3,475

15.78
0.21
18.75
12.89
3.42

18,067

16,017

18,132

21,267

18,670

18,665

18,424

14,841

17,532

18,259

19,748

28,522

228,144

5.82

203,211

12.27

64
274

53
241

49
272

50
271

81
228

57
289

152
222

105
223

101
252

108
245

89
234

63
470

972
3,221

0.02
0.08

810
2,774

20.00
16.11

338

294

321

321

309

346

374

328

353

353

323

533

4,193

0.11

3,584

16.99

OTHERS & UNSPECIFIED

RESIDENCES

4,809

4,163

4,522

4,369

4,654

4,207

4,645

4,231

4,426

4,715

4,903

4,401

54,045

1.38

52,066

3.80

TOTAL
OVERSEAS FILIPINOS***

334,307
15,406

307,110
11,802

297,213
23,663

294,992
22,451

286,044
16,663

293,753
15,996

339,000
21,784

308,934
14,557

274,000
10,040

286,014
12,137

325,198
11,823

363,737
30,830

3,710,302
207,152

94.71
5.29

3,292,026
228,445

12.71
-9.32

2011 MONTHLY TOTAL

2010 MONTHLY TOTAL
Monthly Growth Rate (%)

349,713
298,119
17.31

318,912
269,081
18.52

320,876
308,326
4.07

317,443
277,672
14.32

302,707
283,537
6.76

309,749
276,551
12.00

360,784
325,716
10.77

323,491
291,582
10.94

284,040
247,191
14.91

298,151
267,798
11.33

337,021
281,313
19.80

394,567
393,585
0.25

3,917,454

100.00

3,520,471

11.28

*Prior to 2009, statistics from this country were lumped under "Others"
**Grouping from UNWTO; prior to 2009, statistics from Israel were lumped under "Middle East" and statistics from Turkey were lumped under "Others"
*** Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers

TOP 12 MARKETS BY VOLUME

Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Country
KOREA
USA
JAPAN
CHINA
TAIWAN
AUSTRALIA
SINGAPORE
CANADA
HONGKONG
UNITED KINGDOM
MALAYSIA
GERMANY

Jan-Dec
2011
925,204
624,527
375,496
243,137
181,738
170,736
137,802
117,423
112,106
104,466
91,752
61,193

%
Share
23.62%
15.94%
9.59%
6.21%
4.64%
4.36%
3.52%
3.00%
2.86%
2.67%
2.34%
1.56%

Sources of Data: A/D Cards & Shipping Manifests

Prepared by: Tourism Research & Statistics Division, Office of Tourism Development Planning,
Planning, Product Development and Coordination, DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
e-mail: mysay@tourism.gov.ph
Visit the Department of Tourism's website at http:\\www.tourism.gov.ph or wowphilippines.com.ph

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