By Faye Almazan, Manila Times, 3 March 2020
Receipts from international visitors climbed to $9.31 billion in 2019, or 20.81-percent higher than the 2018 figure of $7.71 billion. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), South Korea, which remains to be the country’s top source of foreign visitors, incurred the highest tourist spending at $2.614 billion. China came in next at $2.330 billion followed by the United States at $1.208 billion. Japan, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia complete the top 10. The DoT noted that all months except January, exhibited a double-digit growth in visitor spending with August posting the highest at 31.45 percent. Meanwhile, the month of December contributed the largest amount at $872.13 million. Data from the DoT showed that a foreign guest’s average daily expenditure in the county was at $128.35. Furthermore, their average per capita expenditure for a whole trip is estimated at about $1,218.04 on an average length of stay of 9.49 nights.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
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March – Women’s Role in History Month
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Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
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Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
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Apr 22 – World Earth Day
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