VISITOR ARRIVALS

RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
Grand Total 464,168 466,032 475,643 458,083 389,288 448,867 516,304 437,648 3,656,033 100.00%
* Overseas Filipinos 38,980 34,337 39,351 40,763 36,195 41,657 48,385 33,619 313,287 8.57%
Foreign Tourists 425,188 431,695 436,292 417,320 353,093 407,210 467,919 404,029 3,342,746 91.43%
1 SOUTH KOREA 126,263 126,692 106,744 94,217 98,433 116,414 139,528 134,346 942,637 25.78%
2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 87,440 85,917 80,284 75,830 71,249 93,597 85,918 52,452 632,687 17.31%
3 JAPAN 15,178 23,013 26,356 23,655 21,179 19,676 27,148 38,929 195,134 5.34%
4 CHINA 9,648 14,904 19,281 25,076 18,071 21,818 33,874 31,656 174,328 4.77%
5 AUSTRALIA 23,731 20,723 23,715 26,966 19,054 19,837 19,007 15,661 168,694 4.61%
6 CANADA 24,660 23,319 22,287 20,844 17,242 12,345 18,462 13,638 152,797 4.18%
7 TAIWAN 18,040 12,991 13,513 14,603 11,096 19,622 23,207 18,777 131,849 3.61%
8 UNITED KINGDOM 12,886 12,049 17,831 15,451 10,611 9,217 17,802 11,299 107,146 2.93%
9 SINGAPORE 10,020 11,403 14,433 13,762 11,602 14,104 10,616 10,621 96,561 2.64%
10 MALAYSIA 6,994 8,730 9,461 8,992 8,003 7,630 7,947 7,253 65,010 1.78%
11 HONG KONG - SAR 9,903 4,658 6,249 11,729 5,283 5,369 5,829 5,398 54,418 1.49%
12 GERMANY 7,282 7,775 10,015 7,513 4,434 3,325 4,628 4,520 49,492 1.35%
13 VIETNAM 4,607 5,674 6,930 6,527 6,139 6,981 6,105 5,295 48,258 1.32%
14 INDIA 6,490 5,381 7,027 6,189 5,296 5,338 5,987 5,922 47,630 1.30%
15 FRANCE 5,904 7,462 7,273 5,699 2,814 1,467 3,632 2,591 36,842 1.01%
16 INDONESIA 3,814 5,216 5,128 5,525 4,131 4,248 4,244 3,942 36,248 0.99%
17 THAILAND 3,182 3,315 4,136 4,544 3,075 3,187 3,603 2,583 27,625 0.76%
18 GUAM 2,274 2,449 3,255 2,714 2,190 3,959 3,966 2,151 22,958 0.63%
19 SPAIN 2,969 2,634 3,034 2,691 1,648 1,729 3,450 4,132 22,287 0.61%
20 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,102 2,437 3,748 3,116 2,304 2,859 3,053 2,708 21,327 0.58%
21 NETHERLANDS 3,061 2,814 3,054 3,237 2,166 1,519 3,394 1,900 21,145 0.58%
22 NEW ZEALAND 2,338 2,028 2,276 2,714 2,152 2,430 2,177 1,688 17,803 0.49%
23 RUSSIA 3,153 3,752 2,735 2,030 1,122 863 958 967 15,580 0.43%
24 SWITZERLAND 2,201 2,475 2,660 2,918 1,291 922 2,084 885 15,436 0.42%
25 NORWAY 1,567 1,716 1,529 1,209 773 3,235 3,508 843 14,380 0.39%
26 ITALY 2,274 2,200 2,059 1,609 954 1,251 1,729 2,287 14,363 0.39%
27 SAUDI ARABIA 1,365 1,968 1,727 1,819 1,912 1,784 1,721 1,375 13,671 0.37%
28 IRELAND 1,317 1,056 1,325 1,230 1,087 2,475 1,896 1,056 11,442 0.31%
29 NORTH KOREA 1,440 1,439 1,341 1,134 1,205 1,325 1,638 1,605 11,127 0.30%
30 SWEDEN 1,887 1,816 1,753 1,252 826 1,617 1,254 662 11,067 0.30%
31 ISRAEL 1,888 1,637 1,955 1,355 836 697 1,051 893 10,312 0.28%
32 BELGIUM 1,221 1,291 1,353 1,184 890 991 2,273 827 10,030 0.27%
33 AUSTRIA 1,716 1,462 1,197 1,071 735 738 1,410 805 9,134 0.25%
34 DENMARK 1,450 1,318 1,307 1,084 740 784 1,056 462 8,201 0.22%
35 QATAR 393 816 990 1,220 716 916 841 754 6,646 0.18%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
36 TURKEY 824 1,014 1,103 832 617 758 629 643 6,420 0.18%
37 POLAND 875 1,263 1,089 934 443 325 312 288 5,529 0.15%
38 KUWAIT 413 715 613 704 608 776 565 618 5,012 0.14%
39 BRUNEI 416 545 578 779 431 504 507 470 4,230 0.12%
40 MYANMAR 358 309 355 441 585 526 608 542 3,724 0.10%
41 CZECH REPUBLIC 629 885 818 482 226 174 278 214 3,706 0.10%
42 MONGOLIA 972 765 493 260 228 465 315 207 3,705 0.10%
43 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 381 400 410 465 443 619 536 448 3,702 0.10%
44 BAHRAIN 231 453 427 416 416 489 547 523 3,502 0.10%
45 MACAU - SAR 276 195 407 638 361 408 422 425 3,132 0.09%
46 FINLAND 512 412 473 345 257 418 304 270 2,991 0.08%
47 SOUTH AFRICA 406 321 374 538 283 310 371 286 2,889 0.08%
48 BRAZIL 454 443 515 437 264 256 213 193 2,775 0.08%
49 ROMANIA 489 549 487 360 170 168 131 211 2,565 0.07%
50 BANGLADESH 269 303 351 458 262 276 283 344 2,546 0.07%
51 CAMBODIA 236 332 405 404 294 278 247 335 2,531 0.07%
52 NIGERIA 387 427 321 300 274 259 242 291 2,501 0.07%
53 PORTUGAL 310 364 476 448 268 136 161 304 2,467 0.07%
54 NEPAL 251 236 363 383 244 316 291 309 2,393 0.07%
55 PAKISTAN 287 225 273 172 236 225 284 248 1,950 0.05%
56 GREECE 313 290 281 244 146 148 126 351 1,899 0.05%
57 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 130 144 200 174 143 484 413 203 1,891 0.05%
58 OMAN 133 192 229 219 216 290 334 197 1,810 0.05%
59 MEXICO 193 173 320 312 194 167 198 248 1,805 0.05%
60 SRI LANKA 158 188 259 214 201 280 214 192 1,706 0.05%
61 URUGUAY 91 125 703 522 79 26 25 18 1,589 0.04%
62 HUNGARY 217 273 263 156 173 191 111 116 1,500 0.04%
63 BULGARIA 351 296 271 145 115 59 85 75 1,397 0.04%
64 LITHUANIA 244 286 193 108 59 31 57 349 1,327 0.04%
65 ARGENTINA 274 203 240 199 134 84 70 76 1,280 0.04%
66 SLOVAKIA 210 289 227 232 110 61 75 62 1,266 0.03%
67 MOROCCO 131 213 102 107 178 102 143 217 1,193 0.03%
68 COLOMBIA 177 136 158 202 133 120 120 108 1,154 0.03%
69 CHILE 168 193 169 158 129 95 67 75 1,054 0.03%
70 KAZAKHSTAN 181 132 190 115 100 88 90 70 966 0.03%
71 ICELAND 95 67 89 89 135 240 145 48 908 0.02%
72 CYPRUS 95 93 131 103 76 99 169 140 906 0.02%
73 EGYPT 111 123 90 144 87 89 121 137 902 0.02%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
74 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 92 119 132 103 77 101 142 81 847 0.02%
75 MALDIVES 116 99 98 45 71 93 196 115 833 0.02%
76 PALAU 91 117 166 96 68 95 113 81 827 0.02%
77 CROATIA 144 130 141 118 82 89 58 61 823 0.02%
78 MALTA 112 120 168 102 95 50 98 73 818 0.02%
79 SLOVENIA 162 125 97 149 41 49 95 58 776 0.02%
80 IRAN 65 88 325 53 70 49 48 54 752 0.02%
81 ESTONIA 167 206 103 69 40 27 35 28 675 0.02%
82 LUXEMBOURG 70 82 121 120 49 34 71 103 650 0.02%
83 LAOS 64 86 81 166 70 60 52 53 632 0.02%
84 SERBIA 55 61 81 58 48 21 40 240 604 0.02%
85 LATVIA 125 137 93 58 38 24 70 55 600 0.02%
86 TUNISIA 80 125 89 56 83 20 53 76 582 0.02%
87 MICRONESIA 69 73 96 88 40 68 77 65 576 0.02%
88 KENYA 63 55 78 98 61 56 83 75 569 0.02%
89 UKRAINE 87 103 76 63 40 61 68 52 550 0.02%
90 UZBEKISTAN 35 47 52 49 69 96 70 64 482 0.01%
91 FIJI 42 51 78 52 48 72 60 51 454 0.01%
92 PERU 56 73 73 61 58 41 35 49 446 0.01%
93 JORDAN 89 60 43 33 51 45 45 60 426 0.01%
94 LEBANON 42 75 45 66 41 51 34 46 400 0.01%
95 MARSHALL ISLANDS 29 59 45 47 37 52 56 48 373 0.01%
96 CAMEROON 33 49 39 73 34 43 38 51 360 0.01%
97 ISLE OF MAN 44 37 55 46 30 30 50 57 349 0.01%
98 SOLOMON ISLANDS 27 20 17 37 42 51 93 58 345 0.01%
99 GHANA 31 25 28 51 35 37 46 87 340 0.01%
100 TIMOR-LESTE 39 57 25 26 26 42 68 55 338 0.01%
101 COSTA RICA 50 51 59 60 36 28 22 20 326 0.01%
102 JERSEY 43 37 47 36 34 17 22 23 259 0.01%
103 ECUADOR 34 42 47 49 17 21 12 25 247 0.01%
104 ARMENIA 17 35 44 23 10 9 78 19 235 0.01%
105 GEORGIA 31 35 41 28 21 20 43 13 232 0.01%
105 KYRGYZSTAN 37 33 39 27 46 23 12 15 232 0.01%
106 AMERICAN SAMOA 38 38 30 25 17 27 33 22 230 0.01%
107 MAURITIUS 24 32 44 31 23 18 21 29 222 0.01%
108 PUERTO RICO 26 20 22 37 13 25 25 53 221 0.01%
109 BELARUS 37 52 37 22 13 15 13 15 204 0.01%
110 PANAMA 27 33 30 16 22 24 30 19 201 0.01%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
111 UGANDA 15 15 20 30 26 37 24 23 190 0.01%
112 ETHIOPIA 20 19 43 24 25 9 16 31 187 0.01%
113 VANUATU 14 17 15 36 29 24 27 23 185 0.01%
113 ZIMBABWE 20 22 22 36 19 20 16 30 185 0.01%
114 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 35 22 14 21 13 18 21 36 180 0.00%
115 TANZANIA 25 22 18 20 21 20 20 32 178 0.00%
116 BHUTAN 12 15 25 20 28 25 32 14 171 0.00%
117 IVORY COAST 15 10 30 29 20 23 19 21 167 0.00%
118 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 12 27 12 9 12 13 9 63 157 0.00%
119 ANGOLA 10 15 6 18 12 23 18 54 156 0.00%
120 TAJIKISTAN 30 13 19 21 12 29 12 15 151 0.00%
121 CAYMAN ISLANDS 11 7 11 8 19 18 46 30 150 0.00%
121 GUATEMALA 13 16 26 25 24 8 25 13 150 0.00%
122 NEW CALEDONIA 19 25 19 21 17 8 11 15 135 0.00%
123 IRAQ 8 19 12 9 13 19 15 33 128 0.00%
124 SUDAN 12 15 11 18 6 5 7 53 127 0.00%
125 AFGHANISTAN 18 8 11 9 18 22 15 25 126 0.00%
126 ANDORRA 8 10 16 25 15 25 9 16 124 0.00%
126 BERMUDA 18 10 17 15 17 8 23 16 124 0.00%
127 JAMAICA 18 20 18 18 4 11 23 10 122 0.00%
128 ALBANIA 10 28 16 8 14 14 17 13 120 0.00%
129 RéUNION 14 28 26 16 8 8 12 6 118 0.00%
130 SYRIA 11 14 11 10 14 32 12 13 117 0.00%
131 BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 28 22 17 11 14 6 11 6 115 0.00%
132 EL SALVADOR 8 14 14 19 16 11 22 10 114 0.00%
132 FAROE ISLANDS 15 7 12 9 10 22 19 20 114 0.00%
132 HONDURAS 12 10 29 14 16 20 11 2 114 0.00%
133 BOLIVIA 13 18 9 43 17 4 1 4 109 0.00%
134 MOLDOVA 24 26 15 6 11 6 4 14 106 0.00%
135 GUERNSEY 20 11 29 17 11 6 5 6 105 0.00%
135 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 16 18 27 10 13 4 9 8 105 0.00%
136 MADAGASCAR 25 20 6 13 12 10 6 8 100 0.00%
137 VENEZUELA 10 12 15 15 10 14 6 16 98 0.00%
138 PARAGUAY 18 28 8 9 8 9 7 8 95 0.00%
139 ZAMBIA 15 7 14 12 9 13 8 15 93 0.00%
140 GIBRALTAR 12 9 18 16 9 6 11 8 89 0.00%
140 LIBERIA 11 14 13 16 8 12 10 5 89 0.00%
140 RWANDA 12 9 10 10 4 7 13 24 89 0.00%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
141 LIECHTENSTEIN 11 12 15 15 6 8 16 4 87 0.00%
142 TONGA 14 10 8 17 16 8 2 6 81 0.00%
143 MONACO 10 16 19 10 5 5 11 3 79 0.00%
144 NAMIBIA 8 10 3 18 12 11 8 6 76 0.00%
144 SAMOA 4 9 12 12 2 15 9 13 76 0.00%
145 BAHAMAS 14 9 8 6 5 15 11 3 71 0.00%
145 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 15 13 8 10 6 4 7 8 71 0.00%
145 FRENCH POLYNESIA 8 8 7 14 8 13 8 5 71 0.00%
146 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 9 9 12 7 7 13 6 6 69 0.00%
147 TURKMENISTAN 9 5 17 11 8 8 5 4 67 0.00%
148 MOZAMBIQUE 3 7 14 7 8 3 17 7 66 0.00%
149 ARUBA 1 3 15 6 12 9 13 5 64 0.00%
149 LIBYA 4 12 3 9 6 9 7 14 64 0.00%
150 MALAWI 16 9 5 4 3 9 5 11 62 0.00%
151 SENEGAL 7 4 5 8 5 7 4 21 61 0.00%
152 MACEDONIA (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF) 12 5 11 8 7 10 2 4 59 0.00%
153 MONTENEGRO 2 4 7 - 4 - 6 35 58 0.00%
154 ALGERIA 7 3 2 9 3 5 10 16 55 0.00%
155 KIRIBATI - 7 4 9 11 7 6 10 54 0.00%
156 ESWATINI (FMR. "SWAZILAND") 5 3 11 11 6 3 5 9 53 0.00%
157 SEYCHELLES 3 4 1 12 10 7 2 13 52 0.00%
158 BURKINA FASO 1 - 3 13 4 26 2 1 50 0.00%
159 BOTSWANA 6 6 2 4 11 5 3 12 49 0.00%
160 AZERBAIJAN 5 6 6 2 5 8 3 10 45 0.00%
161 VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) 6 3 7 11 5 7 2 3 44 0.00%
162 Ã…LAND ISLANDS 4 5 3 5 6 9 6 5 43 0.00%
162 GUINEA 4 3 4 3 5 5 1 18 43 0.00%
163 CONGO, REPUBLIC OF (CAP. BRAZZAVILLE) 2 5 3 8 2 5 5 7 37 0.00%
163 NICARAGUA 3 4 6 4 2 9 2 7 37 0.00%
164 PALESTINE STATE 3 7 - 2 - 1 16 6 35 0.00%
164 YEMEN 4 10 2 2 1 3 2 11 35 0.00%
165 BELIZE 3 4 1 5 3 2 9 7 34 0.00%
166 GRENADA 6 3 5 3 1 7 3 4 32 0.00%
167 TOGO 10 - 4 2 - 3 7 4 30 0.00%
168 BENIN 4 4 3 2 3 6 2 5 29 0.00%
169 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2 2 - 1 2 6 8 7 28 0.00%
170 CHAD 2 4 8 5 2 1 1 4 27 0.00%
170 CURAçAO 6 5 5 2 1 3 3 2 27 0.00%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
171 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 6 3 4 2 3 - 5 3 26 0.00%
171 SAINT LUCIA - 3 7 5 1 2 4 4 26 0.00%
172 BARBADOS - - 5 4 4 - 3 9 25 0.00%
172 BURUNDI 1 1 5 4 1 3 5 5 25 0.00%
172 COOK ISLANDS 1 1 2 6 4 7 1 3 25 0.00%
172 GUADELOUPE - 1 3 3 3 3 8 4 25 0.00%
173 MARTINIQUE 2 1 15 2 1 2 1 - 24 0.00%
174 GUYANA - 6 4 - 1 2 4 5 22 0.00%
174 SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART) 4 - 1 6 - 5 6 - 22 0.00%
174 TURKS AND CAICOS 4 - 1 6 2 1 3 5 22 0.00%
175 FRENCH GUIANA - - 8 2 1 1 6 3 21 0.00%
176 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA - 1 2 3 3 3 6 2 20 0.00%
177 GREENLAND 2 2 1 4 1 5 2 2 19 0.00%
177 MALI 2 2 2 1 - 1 4 7 19 0.00%
178 GAMBIA - 3 1 3 2 1 3 5 18 0.00%
178 HAITI 5 - 3 4 1 1 1 3 18 0.00%
178 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 6 2 3 - 4 1 2 - 18 0.00%
178 TUVALU - - 7 4 2 4 1 - 18 0.00%
179 SAN MARINO 1 8 3 - - - 1 4 17 0.00%
180 SURINAME 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 16 0.00%
181 BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA 1 1 2 - 2 2 5 1 14 0.00%
181 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1 3 - 5 1 - 2 2 14 0.00%
182 DOMINICA 1 2 1 1 - 2 5 1 13 0.00%
183 CABO VERDE 1 - 1 2 - 4 2 - 10 0.00%
183 GABON 1 - - - 1 1 3 4 10 0.00%
183 SIERRA LEONE - - 1 - 3 5 - 1 10 0.00%
183 SOMALIA 1 2 - 2 3 1 - 1 10 0.00%
184 NORFOLK ISLAND - - 1 5 - - 3 - 9 0.00%
185 FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) - - 1 - 1 1 5 - 8 0.00%
185 NIGER - 1 1 - 2 4 - - 8 0.00%
186 ANTARCTICA - 1 3 - 1 2 - - 7 0.00%
186 COMOROS 1 3 2 - 1 - - - 7 0.00%
187 CUBA 1 - - 2 2 - 1 - 6 0.00%
187 GUINEA-BISSAU - - - - 3 - 2 1 6 0.00%
187 MAURITANIA - 1 - 2 1 1 - 1 6 0.00%
187 SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART) 4 - 1 - 1 - - - 6 0.00%
188 ANGUILLA 1 - - 2 - - - 2 5 0.00%
188 CHRISTMAS ISLAND - - 1 - 1 1 - 2 5 0.00%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
JANUARY TO AUGUST, 2023

as of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
188 DJIBOUTI - - 1 - 1 2 1 - 5 0.00%
188 ERITREA 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 5 0.00%
188 NIUE - - - 4 - - - 1 5 0.00%
189 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES - - - 1 - - 2 1 4 0.00%
189 LESOTHO - - - 1 - 1 - 2 4 0.00%
189 NAURU - - - 2 - 2 - - 4 0.00%
190 SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA - - 1 1 - - 1 - 3 0.00%
191 MONTSERRAT - - - - - - - 2 2 0.00%
191 VATICAN CITY STATE - 1 - - 1 - - - 2 0.00%
192 COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS - - - - - - - 1 1 0.00%
192 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - - - - - 1 - - 1 0.00%
192 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS 1 - 1 0.00%
192 WALLIS AND FUTUNA - - 1 - - - - - 1 0.00%
*Philippine Passport holders who are permanently residing abroad

Source Data : eTravel

Prepared by:
Statistics, Economic Analysis, and Information Management Division
Office of Tourism Development Planning, Research, and Information Management
Tourism Development - DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
www.tourism.gov.ph
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY NATIONALITY
JANUARY - AUGUST 2023
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As of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
GRAND TOTAL 464,168 466,032 475,643 458,083 389,288 448,867 516,304 437,648 3,656,033 100.00%
* OVERSEAS FILIPINOS 38,980 34,337 39,351 40,763 36,195 41,657 48,385 33,619 313,287 8.57%
FOREIGN TOURISTS 425,188 431,695 436,292 417,320 353,093 407,210 467,919 404,029 3,342,746 91.43%
1 SOUTH KOREAN 127,101 127,478 107,406 95,103 99,340 117,413 140,718 135,660 950,219 25.99%
2 AMERICAN 90,549 88,996 84,571 79,825 73,889 98,488 90,795 55,328 662,441 18.12%
3 JAPANESE 15,409 22,871 26,018 23,290 20,959 19,534 26,770 38,157 193,008 5.28%
4 CHINESE 10,355 15,901 20,434 25,900 19,164 22,909 34,855 32,752 182,270 4.99%
5 AUSTRALIAN 23,009 20,116 22,949 26,201 18,339 19,091 18,374 15,275 163,354 4.47%
6 CANADIAN 25,466 23,795 22,915 21,664 17,701 12,969 19,100 14,099 157,709 4.31%
7 TAIWANESE 16,724 12,510 12,952 14,045 10,827 19,076 22,582 18,342 127,058 3.48%
8 BRITISH 14,848 13,056 19,390 17,692 11,617 10,773 18,988 12,325 118,689 3.25%
9 MALAYSIAN 7,206 9,043 9,950 9,654 8,488 8,263 8,466 7,790 68,860 1.88%
10 SINGAPOREAN 6,090 7,469 9,484 8,688 8,072 9,820 7,256 7,012 63,891 1.75%
11 INDIAN 7,972 6,750 8,687 8,170 6,639 7,053 7,422 7,288 59,981 1.64%
12 GERMAN 7,752 8,038 10,376 8,252 4,711 3,666 4,943 4,780 52,518 1.44%
13 VIETNAMESE 4,137 5,644 6,822 6,373 6,092 6,885 6,060 5,236 47,249 1.29%
14 FRENCH 6,904 8,261 8,251 7,175 3,352 2,111 4,141 3,084 43,279 1.18%
15 INDONESIAN 3,854 5,219 5,127 5,577 4,180 4,366 4,301 4,076 36,700 1.00%
16 HONG KONGER 5,103 2,572 3,491 6,065 3,039 3,275 3,594 3,343 30,482 0.83%
17 SPANISH 3,272 2,917 3,501 3,361 1,924 2,014 3,951 4,428 25,368 0.69%
18 NEW ZEALANDER 3,055 2,648 3,093 3,630 2,841 3,125 2,853 2,250 23,495 0.64%
19 THAI 2,649 2,664 3,454 3,760 2,611 2,673 3,226 2,225 23,262 0.64%
20 DUTCH 3,323 3,001 3,295 3,516 2,315 1,776 3,620 2,047 22,893 0.63%
21 ITALIAN 2,905 2,858 2,983 2,502 1,448 1,603 2,113 2,679 19,091 0.52%
22 RUSSIAN 3,611 4,154 3,099 2,470 1,345 1,086 1,266 1,201 18,232 0.50%
23 NORWEGIAN 1,543 1,709 1,555 1,265 760 3,210 3,452 858 14,352 0.39%
24 IRISH 1,618 1,277 2,107 1,739 1,292 2,707 2,158 1,204 14,102 0.39%
25 SWISS 2,016 2,095 2,368 2,547 1,116 820 1,875 764 13,601 0.37%
26 SWEDISH 1,983 1,910 1,873 1,364 886 1,672 1,325 710 11,723 0.32%
27 SAUDI ARABIAN 1,150 1,699 1,512 1,383 1,708 1,493 1,509 1,131 11,585 0.32%
28 BELGIAN 1,310 1,349 1,454 1,283 936 1,035 2,288 871 10,526 0.29%
29 ISRAELI 1,935 1,657 1,957 1,354 861 706 1,076 892 10,438 0.29%
30 AUSTRIAN 1,788 1,468 1,286 1,176 798 813 1,442 846 9,617 0.26%
31 DANISH 1,537 1,363 1,355 1,154 782 871 1,098 516 8,676 0.24%
32 TURKISH 934 1,155 1,297 1,075 764 857 779 785 7,646 0.21%
33 POLISH 1,138 1,483 1,456 1,250 654 472 494 440 7,387 0.20%
 VISITOR ARRIVALS
RANKING BY NATIONALITY
JANUARY - AUGUST 2023
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As of September 01, 2023

JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
34 BRAZILIAN 691 674 762 949 476 494 435 521 5,002 0.14%
35 SOUTH AFRICAN 630 440 568 803 408 480 599 470 4,398 0.12%
36 BURMESE 437 363 421 533 650 644 657 598 4,303 0.12%
37 PORTUGUESE 548 550 766 856 463 286 342 464 4,275 0.12%
38 MONGOLIAN 1,014 820 551 324 274 503 372 243 4,101 0.11%
39 ROMANIAN 639 761 702 567 316 322 274 375 3,956 0.11%
40 CZECH 635 901 832 503 266 201 283 226 3,847 0.11%
41 FINNISH 553 453 511 403 280 440 348 306 3,294 0.09%
42 PAPUA NEW GUINEAN 323 355 380 392 397 527 462 395 3,231 0.09%
43 PAKISTANI 418 416 441 313 395 360 436 417 3,196 0.09%
44 NEPALESE 319 302 470 492 321 419 382 432 3,137 0.09%
45 BRUNEIAN 285 410 381 575 327 388 365 369 3,100 0.08%
46 KUWAITI 310 405 356 438 366 446 346 416 3,083 0.08%
47 BANGLADESHI 289 346 391 479 288 295 302 383 2,773 0.08%
48 MOROCCAN 280 444 306 362 406 258 318 383 2,757 0.08%
49 EMIRATI 222 342 328 281 312 370 526 362 2,743 0.08%
50 MEXICAN 294 254 424 435 275 274 296 317 2,569 0.07%
51 NIGERIAN 385 424 306 308 272 261 250 302 2,508 0.07%
52 GREEK 338 379 394 331 209 211 185 449 2,496 0.07%
53 BAHRAINI 197 317 269 262 296 329 315 348 2,333 0.06%
54 EGYPTIAN 169 338 306 314 264 286 324 294 2,295 0.06%
55 COLOMBIAN 311 219 294 371 253 261 220 238 2,167 0.06%
56 SRI LANKAN 204 236 338 249 265 332 302 239 2,165 0.06%
57 CAMBODIAN 212 286 350 322 245 235 212 294 2,156 0.06%
58 HUNGARIAN 316 362 358 241 239 223 154 161 2,054 0.06%
59 GUAMANIAN 192 204 349 213 130 282 319 171 1,860 0.05%
60 LITHUANIAN 316 365 276 172 106 66 111 431 1,843 0.05%
61 TUNISIAN 163 307 246 251 231 147 181 209 1,735 0.05%
62 ARGENTINE 331 247 297 271 173 111 118 137 1,685 0.05%
63 BULGARIAN 371 354 320 192 150 88 102 96 1,673 0.05%
64 SLOVAK 265 341 299 294 143 87 109 90 1,628 0.04%
65 OMANI 118 178 204 192 200 243 303 186 1,624 0.04%
66 MACANESE 109 96 183 315 149 217 221 216 1,506 0.04%
67 URUGUAYAN 81 100 592 417 68 33 29 21 1,341 0.04%
68 KAZAKH 251 197 241 138 137 126 130 115 1,335 0.04%
69 NORTH KOREAN 178 211 238 132 115 138 133 178 1,323 0.04%
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JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
70 ARMENIAN 189 186 179 192 113 124 179 135 1,297 0.04%
71 UKRAINIAN 148 214 204 183 109 138 167 125 1,288 0.04%
72 CHILEAN 196 212 197 192 154 138 97 100 1,286 0.04%
73 CROATIAN 186 172 183 179 107 128 81 80 1,116 0.03%
74 LEBANESE 66 155 147 185 127 148 113 125 1,066 0.03%
75 IRANIAN 94 128 352 96 103 92 89 100 1,054 0.03%
76 QATARI 109 112 133 168 101 116 120 107 966 0.03%
77 SERBIAN 54 106 139 114 87 76 89 300 965 0.03%
78 UZBEK 124 156 106 86 106 127 117 131 953 0.03%
79 ICELANDIC 86 74 86 91 140 248 150 50 925 0.03%
80 SLOVENIAN 172 141 118 160 54 55 108 65 873 0.02%
81 KENYAN 76 90 95 142 99 95 140 118 855 0.02%
82 MALDIVIAN 115 99 97 43 72 91 199 117 833 0.02%
83 PERUVIAN 95 121 113 124 94 85 84 116 832 0.02%
84 JORDANIAN 99 108 94 85 93 109 105 119 812 0.02%
85 LATVIAN 149 168 133 92 58 42 87 67 796 0.02%
86 PALAUAN 76 122 165 89 49 96 103 72 772 0.02%
87 ESTONIAN 185 218 107 86 49 32 34 37 748 0.02%
88 AMERICAN SAMOAN 121 123 86 90 59 83 86 72 720 0.02%
89 CYPRIOT 66 79 96 89 64 78 119 116 707 0.02%
90 MALTESE 86 97 132 91 84 44 61 56 651 0.02%
91 MICRONESIAN 64 75 99 103 52 84 92 63 632 0.02%
92 LAO 59 81 78 160 74 62 50 51 615 0.02%
93 GHANAIAN 50 56 52 89 60 61 72 130 570 0.02%
94 SYRIAN 51 78 71 55 64 76 68 75 538 0.01%
95 FIJIAN 43 62 82 70 54 79 65 55 510 0.01%
96 CAMEROONIAN 41 65 54 96 55 60 55 76 502 0.01%
97 LUXEMBOURGER 38 51 87 73 28 11 44 83 415 0.01%
98 BELARUSIAN 58 64 63 53 35 42 45 41 401 0.01%
99 KYRGYZ 57 59 59 47 62 45 32 27 388 0.01%
100 CITIZEN OF VANUATU 39 42 50 57 55 38 48 48 377 0.01%
101 ECUADOREAN 48 64 65 82 30 33 20 33 375 0.01%
102 COSTA RICAN 63 56 65 73 31 32 23 25 368 0.01%
103 VENEZUELAN 29 35 51 76 36 40 34 63 364 0.01%
104 MAURITIAN 33 51 56 57 36 42 41 43 359 0.01%
105 MARSHALLESE 32 61 40 46 41 45 46 46 357 0.01%
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JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
106 DOMINICAN 24 69 46 21 39 24 36 78 337 0.01%
106 YEMENI 52 53 16 32 35 47 42 60 337 0.01%
107 SOLOMON ISLANDER 24 19 15 36 41 49 95 55 334 0.01%
108 ZIMBABWEAN 28 37 40 55 27 31 50 55 323 0.01%
109 EAST TIMORESE 41 53 21 25 20 39 65 54 318 0.01%
110 JAMAICAN 37 25 46 44 23 32 55 45 307 0.01%
111 ETHIOPIAN 26 33 60 42 40 24 30 50 305 0.01%
112 KITTITIAN 37 48 37 43 29 36 29 44 303 0.01%
113 CONGOLESE (CONGO) 41 33 26 38 18 31 42 57 286 0.01%
114 SUDANESE 47 32 39 36 16 27 35 46 278 0.01%
115 UGANDAN 20 28 25 37 32 43 30 32 247 0.01%
116 ALGERIAN 19 32 27 32 28 30 36 37 241 0.01%
117 TANZANIAN 32 24 22 28 27 27 38 35 233 0.01%
118 SALVADOREAN 28 22 26 42 26 25 37 24 230 0.01%
119 NORTHERN MARIANAN 21 16 14 18 14 51 63 30 227 0.01%
120 GUATEMALAN 20 23 34 29 28 16 29 28 207 0.01%
121 ALBANIAN 19 39 24 23 25 26 29 19 204 0.01%
122 HONDURAN 37 18 43 29 23 29 18 4 201 0.01%
123 TAJIK 30 19 26 23 20 35 16 23 192 0.01%
124 AFGHAN 22 20 24 19 21 22 25 30 183 0.01%
124 BHUTANESE 11 18 27 24 27 27 33 16 183 0.01%
124 BOSNIAN 25 33 25 24 18 14 25 19 183 0.01%
125 ANGOLAN 16 13 8 18 15 21 25 65 181 0.00%
125 IVORIAN 17 15 33 34 26 19 11 26 181 0.00%
126 PANAMANIAN 24 31 29 21 13 19 20 20 177 0.00%
127 IRAQI 13 22 24 10 21 24 20 39 173 0.00%
128 GEORGIAN 25 24 32 18 18 6 38 7 168 0.00%
129 PARAGUAYAN 42 39 12 18 12 14 12 18 167 0.00%
130 PALESTINIAN 19 26 19 16 9 22 30 25 166 0.00%
131 TRINIDADIAN 21 23 40 20 20 11 14 15 164 0.00%
132 BOLIVIAN 15 20 14 53 27 10 6 18 163 0.00%
133 NIGERIEN 24 25 33 14 21 15 11 17 160 0.00%
134 MACEDONIAN 21 13 23 24 17 21 13 6 138 0.00%
135 LIBERIAN 14 11 18 20 11 19 17 17 127 0.00%
136 MALAGASY 27 24 11 19 11 7 8 16 123 0.00%
137 RWANDAN 16 12 18 11 8 10 17 30 122 0.00%
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JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
138 ZAMBIAN 19 11 17 14 11 13 13 16 114 0.00%
139 ERITREAN 12 22 13 11 10 9 18 18 113 0.00%
140 US VIRGIN ISLAND 15 16 16 10 12 10 11 15 105 0.00%
141 TURKMEN 12 8 26 15 13 11 9 9 103 0.00%
142 SENEGALESE 7 8 10 12 12 11 7 25 92 0.00%
143 MONTENEGRIN 3 5 11 5 9 13 7 37 90 0.00%
144 MOLDOVAN 18 19 15 5 8 2 9 9 85 0.00%
144 NICARAGUAN 17 9 14 10 3 16 6 10 85 0.00%
144 TONGAN 15 11 6 17 15 9 4 8 85 0.00%
145 BAHAMIAN 19 11 7 8 6 15 10 5 81 0.00%
146 BELIZEAN 22 7 5 12 4 6 12 11 79 0.00%
146 MALAWIAN 15 13 6 5 4 9 10 17 79 0.00%
147 SAMOAN 5 13 12 11 1 14 8 14 78 0.00%
148 ANDORRAN 5 9 11 14 11 11 7 8 76 0.00%
148 LIECHTENSTEIN CITIZEN 8 4 15 13 5 8 19 4 76 0.00%
149 CITIZEN OF SEYCHELLES 4 6 6 13 12 11 8 15 75 0.00%
150 ST LUCIAN 6 11 11 9 8 6 10 13 74 0.00%
151 CHADIAN 8 10 18 6 11 3 6 10 72 0.00%
152 NAMIBIAN 7 12 5 18 8 6 9 5 70 0.00%
153 GUINEAN 3 10 9 1 8 8 5 25 69 0.00%
154 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDER 6 1 5 12 4 4 23 11 66 0.00%
155 BENINESE 7 6 11 4 4 9 8 15 64 0.00%
156 MOZAMBICAN 6 4 10 9 10 4 14 6 63 0.00%
157 LIBYAN 4 13 4 8 5 7 10 11 62 0.00%
157 SOUTH SUDANESE 2 4 3 3 - 1 2 47 62 0.00%
158 BERMUDIAN 7 7 9 6 9 4 10 9 61 0.00%
159 AZERBAIJANI 5 8 9 6 7 11 3 11 60 0.00%
160 BURKINAN 1 - 6 14 3 29 3 1 57 0.00%
160 HAITIAN 16 5 10 6 1 5 4 10 57 0.00%
161 CITIZEN OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 4 10 6 2 7 13 8 5 55 0.00%
162 CITIZEN OF KIRIBATI - 5 5 8 11 8 6 9 52 0.00%
162 COMORAN 7 6 8 5 9 7 3 7 52 0.00%
162 GRENADIAN 11 6 5 5 2 8 4 11 52 0.00%
162 PUERTO RICAN 8 4 10 8 4 5 2 11 52 0.00%
163 MOTSWANA 9 5 7 3 11 4 1 11 51 0.00%
164 SOMALI 13 6 3 5 7 5 2 7 48 0.00%
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JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
165 GAMBIAN 6 5 6 6 2 5 5 10 45 0.00%
166 CAYMAN ISLANDER 4 1 4 1 5 6 18 5 44 0.00%
166 SWAZI 6 2 8 8 3 4 5 8 44 0.00%
167 GUYANESE 3 9 6 4 5 3 7 4 41 0.00%
168 CUBAN 2 4 6 4 11 4 5 3 39 0.00%
168 MALIAN 5 3 3 3 5 5 9 6 39 0.00%
169 CAPE VERDEAN 5 4 4 6 1 6 5 7 38 0.00%
170 BARBADIAN - 5 9 2 6 5 4 5 36 0.00%
171 FAROESE 2 5 3 3 6 3 3 8 33 0.00%
172 BURUNDIAN 3 - 7 4 1 5 5 6 31 0.00%
173 TOGOLESE 8 3 5 3 - 5 2 3 29 0.00%
174 VINCENTIAN 6 3 2 2 4 2 5 - 24 0.00%
175 EQUATORIAL GUINEAN 6 4 - 7 1 - 3 2 23 0.00%
176 TUVALUAN - 2 7 5 2 4 1 - 21 0.00%
177 MAURITANIAN 3 4 5 4 1 1 - 1 19 0.00%
178 ARUBA - 3 2 1 - 2 5 4 17 0.00%
178 GIBRALTARIAN 3 - 5 4 1 - 3 1 17 0.00%
179 GABONESE 1 1 - 1 3 1 3 6 16 0.00%
179 MONACAN 2 5 1 2 - - 5 1 16 0.00%
180 CENTRAL AFRICAN 2 2 - 6 - 2 3 - 15 0.00%
180 DJIBOUTIAN - 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 15 0.00%
180 SURINAMESE 1 2 1 5 2 1 - 3 15 0.00%
181 CITIZEN OF GUINEA-BISSAU 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 14 0.00%
181 FRENCH POLYNESIAN 3 - 1 1 1 1 4 3 14 0.00%
181 FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES 5 3 1 1 - 2 1 1 14 0.00%
181 REUNIONESE 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 - 14 0.00%
181 VATICAN CITIZEN 1 4 2 1 - 1 3 2 14 0.00%
182 SAMMARINESE 1 4 1 1 - 1 1 2 11 0.00%
182 SIERRA LEONEAN - - 2 - 2 5 1 1 11 0.00%
183 ANGUILLAN 1 1 3 - 1 1 1 1 9 0.00%
183 MARTINIQUAIS 1 - 7 1 - - - - 9 0.00%
184 FRENCH GUIANESE - - 5 2 - - - - 7 0.00%
185 BASOTHO 1 - - 1 - 1 - 2 5 0.00%
185 NAURUAN - - - 2 1 2 - - 5 0.00%
185 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 5 0.00%
185 WALLISIAN - - 2 1 - 1 1 - 5 0.00%
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JANUARY -
RANK NATIONALITY JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST % Share
AUGUST
186 COOK ISLANDER 1 1 - 1 - 1 - - 4 0.00%
186 CURAçAOAN 2 1 - - - - - 1 4 0.00%
186 GUADELOUPE - - - 2 1 1 - - 4 0.00%
187 ANTARCTIC 1 1 - 1 - - - - 3 0.00%
187 SAO TOMEAN - - - - 1 1 1 3 0.00%
188 CHRISTMAS ISLANDER - - - 1 - 1 - - 2 0.00%
188 GREENLANDIC - - 1 1 - - - - 2 0.00%
188 SAHRAWI 1 - 1 - - - - - 2 0.00%
189 COCOS ISLANDER - - 1 - - - - - 1 0.00%
189 MAHORAN - 1 - - - - - - 1 0.00%
189 SAINT-PIERRAIS OR MIQUELONNAIS - - 1 - - - - - 1 0.00%
189 SVALBARD - - 1 - - - - - 1 0.00%
*Philippine Passport holders who are permanently residing abroad

Source Data : eTravel

Prepared by:
Statistics, Economic Analysis, and Information Management Division
Office of Tourism Development Planning, Research, and Information Management
Tourism Development - DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
www.tourism.gov.ph