VISITOR ARRIVALS REACHED THE 3-MILLION MARK IN AUGUST 2013 Visitor Arrivals for the month of August continued to yield optimistic results as it grew by 11.28% from 2, 858,348 last year to 3,180,903 this year. This figure represented 57.83% of the targeted arrivals for 2013. The 3.18 million arrivals marked another milestone as it is the first time that visitor arrivals achieved the three million figure in August. Last year, the country received the three millionth visitor in September while in 2011, it reached the 3 million arrivals in October. It was noted that the first three million arrivals was recorded in December 2007. The Korean market continue to be the top contributor of international tourist arrivals with 822,128 visitors (+21.06%), proving to be a strong source of international tourist movement up until the end of the year. Despite posting the least fraction of visitor arrival growth among the top five markets, the USA (+2.49%) still remained as the 2nd biggest source of arrivals for the country with 457,819 visitors, comprising 14.39% of the entire inbound traffic while Japan, with 293,445 visitors and 9.23% of the inbound total, regained its place as the 3rd biggest source of arrivals, moving China down to 4th with 288,826 visitors, or 9.08% of the total visitor volume. The Chinese market, however, recorded the highest increase in tourist arrivals among the top five markets with a 60.57% growth from last year and posted a 206.43% growth rate in August alone. The 5th biggest volume of arrivals is supplied by Australia with 131, 977 arrivals and a share of 4. 15% to the total. This market recorded a double-digit growth (+15.11%) vis-a-vis its arrivals of 118, 050 for the same period last year. Rounding up the top ten visitor markets are Singapore with 114,018 arrivals. Taiwan with 103,306 arrivals, Hongkong with 86,396 arrivals, Canada with 84,353 arrivals and United Kingdom with 80,121 arrivals. On the other hand, the following markets recorded significant gains: Saudi Arabia (+35.12%) with 27, 094 arrivals, Russian Federation (+32.53%) with 21,736 arrivals, Indonesia (+28.63%) with 30,319 arrivals, France (+18.45%) with 27,380 arrivals, Thailand (+17.85%) with 31,638 arrivals and India (+15.01%) with 35,173 arrivals. Prepared by: OTPRIM
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 01:26:43 +0000
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