Republic of the Philippines

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

DATE OF RELEASE
February 10, 2011
o. No.2011 - 13

ABOUT 23 MILLION FILIPINOS TRAVEL WITHIN THE COUNTRY

(Results from 2009 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors)

The 2009 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors (HSDV) conducted by the

National Statistics Office and Department of Tourism showed a total of 22.8 million
Filipinos 15 years old and over who traveled for any purpose within the country during
the period April 1 to September 30, 2009. This is about 36.9 percent of 61.7 million
Filipinos aged 15 years old and over. On the average, each traveler made two trips and
visited two places in the country during the reference period.

Of the 22.8 million domestic travelers during the past six months, 52.4 percent
were females while 47.6 percent were males. Travel pattern among household
members 15 years old and over tends to decrease with age. From a proportion of 26.4
percent among 15 to 24 years old, the percent of travelers declined to 4.7 percent for
older age group 65 years old and over (Table 1).

The main purpose of trip for more than half (53.3%) of the total domestic
travelers was to visit friends or relatives or to attend family gatherings. Those who
traveled for pleasure or vacation totaled 7.8 million, comprising about 34.3 percent of
the total domestic travelers (Table 2).

Among travelers whose main purpose of trip is for pleasure or vacation, more
than half spent for transport with an average expenditure of Php 514. Around 3.8
million and 2.8 million domestic travelers whose main purpose of trip is for pleasure or
vacation spent for food and beverages, and shopping with an average expenditure of
Php 521 and Php 1,372, respectively (Table 3).

Domestic travelers either availed of package tour or traveled independently during

their most recent trip. Of the total 7.8 million domestic travelers whose main purpose
of trip is for pleasure or vacation, majority (7.7 million) were independent travelers
while the rest (80 thousand) availed of a package tour. The average expenditure of
independent travelers was Php 1,818 while the average expenditure of those who
availed of a package tour was Php 17,981 (Table 4).

Less than half (45.8%) of the domestic travelers who traveled for pleasure or
vacation stayed overnight in their places of destination in which most of them (40.8%)
stayed for 2 to 3 nights in the places visited. On the average, 8 nights were spent by a

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domestic traveler whose main purpose of trip is for pleasure or vacation in the place
visited (Table 5).

The National Capital Region (NCR) was the most frequently visited place by
domestic travelers whose main purpose of trip is for pleasure or vacation during the
period April 1 to September 30, 2009 with a total of 3.1 million visits. The other
frequently visited provinces were those near NCR. Except for Cebu and Lanao del Sur,
the other top provinces were all in Luzon (Table 6).

The long holiday weekends during Holy Week (April 9 to 12, 2009) was the most
traveled period of domestic travelers whose main purpose of trip is for pleasure or
vacation with around 782 thousand. Of this number, more than half (53.8%) of Holy
Week travelers stayed overnight. Next to Holy Week as the most traveled holiday
weekend of domestic travelers was Labor Day (May 1 to 3, 2009) with 459 thousand
travelers. More than half (54.8%) of travelers during Labor Day were day visitors.
Following Labor Day as the most traveled period was End of Ramadan (September 19
to 21, 2009) with 293 thousand travelers. Majority (69.9%) of travelers during End of
Ramadan were day visitors (Table 7).

CARMELITA N. ERICTA DANIEL G. CORPUZ

Administrator Undersecretary
National Statistics Office Department of Tourism

TECHNICAL NOTES:

The 2009 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors (Core Indicators) is a nationwide

undertaking designed to collect data on the travel characteristics and volume of
domestic tourism in the country. In 2005, an HSDV was also conducted with more
comprehensive indicators. The surveys were jointly undertaken by the Department of
Tourism (DOT) and the National Statistics Office (NSO).

The 2009 HSDV as a rider to the regular Labor Force Survey (LFS), utilized 25,500
sample households deemed sufficient to produce a national estimate.

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