Visitor arrivals to Philippines up 12% for five months ended May-2011

Philippines' Department of Tourism reports (28-Apr-2011) visitor arrivals to Philippines rose 6.8% year-on-year to 302,707 in May-2011. Visitor arrivals rose 12% year-on-year to 1.6 million for the 5 months ended May-2011. Details include:

• 5 months ended May-2011:
  • Visitor arrivals: 1.6 million, +12.0% year-on-year;
• Top 10 markets:
  • Korea: 353,307, +26.4%;
  • US: 283,442, +6.7%;
  • Japan: 156,296, +7.3%;
  • China: 87,049, +15.2%;
  • Australia: 70,215, +20.7%;
  • Taiwan: 69,301, +41.1%;
  • Canada: 55,321, +17.1%;
  • Singapore: 54,227, +13.6%;
  • Hong Kong: 47,709, -19.7%;
  • UK: 44,994, +5.6%.