South Korea, China top list of Boracay arrivals in first half of 2017

Boy Ryan B. Zabal

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The total number of tourists to Boracay hits 1,107,167 – a 13% increase from 2016 figures

FAVORITE DESTINATION. A tourist enjoys kite boarding in the waters of Boracay island. File photo by Jay Directo/AFP

BORACAY, Philippines – Visitor arrivals from South Korea and China are the top source markets of Boracay Island for the first 6 of months of 2017, thanks largely to regional and domestic flights mounted to Kalibo and Caticlan airports.

South Korea topped the tourist-generating markets with 175,470 arrivals, followed closely by China with 174,064. Taiwan is the third biggest source of tourists with 25,067.

Between January to June, Boracay Island received 76% of its 495,436 foreigners from the top 3 inbound markets for tourist arrivals, according to the Malay Municipal Tourism Office and Department of Tourism – Boracay office.

For the month of June, the East Asian region was the largest contributor of tourists, with 53,513 or 83% of 64,651 arrivals.

Another 3,491 tourists from Southeast Asian countries (Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Indonesia) and 2,092 tourists from North America (Mexico, United States, and Canada) arrived in Boracay last June.

There were also 1,525 tourist arrivals from Northern Europe, and 960 tourist arrivals from Middle East countries.

Meanwhile, the number of domestic tourists to the island went up by 21%, from 484,131 in 2016 to 584,753 in 2017.

There was also an upward trend in total tourist arrivals – 1,107,167 in 2017 or a 13% increase from 982,710 in 2016. – Rappler.com

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