by JEROME ANING, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 2, 2018
More than 6.6 million foreign tourists visited the country in 2017, an 11-percent rise from the previous year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Thursday.
Data released by the DOT showed that the 6,620,908 foreign visitors bested the 5,967,005 total in 2016.
Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo called the tourist traffic a “milestone,” saying Philippine tourism “bested” the average tourism growth of Asia and the Pacific as well as Southeast Asia, placed at 6 percent and 8 percent, respectively, by the UN World Tourism Organization’s latest World Tourism Barometer.
South Koreans remained the country’s top visitors with 1,607,821 arrivals.
The DOT said Boracay and Cebu remained the top destinations for Koreans. China came in second with 968,447 arrivals, followed by the United States with 957,813, Japan with 584,180 and Australia with 259,433. —
20 February –
WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
“Every day, give everyone their due.
Every day should be Social Justice Day!
The only way”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
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February Observances
1-7 Feb: World Interfaith Harmony Week
01 Feb: World Wetlands Day
02 Feb: International Day of Human Fraternity
04 Feb: International Day of Zero Tolerance
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11 Feb: International Day of Women and Girls
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