Though Philippines missed the one million mark for Chinese tourist arrivals in 2017, the country’s Department of Tourism (DOT) is raising the bar this year with a target of 1.5 million arrivals, according to tourism secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo.
Last year, a total of 968,447 Chinese visited the country, overtaking the Americans to become the second top source market, up 43.3 per from 675,663 the previous year, DOT said in a statement.
For the first month of 2018, Chinese arrivals registered 111,344, representing a 29.6% increase from the same period last year.
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