As domestic trips grow, international visits to the Philippines slump

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Passengers from the luxury passenger cruise ship World Dream wear facemasks as they visit a theme park in Manila after the luxury cruise ship with more than 700 passengers, mostly from China and Hong Kong, arrived the day before at the port in Manila on Jan. 29, 2020. T

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MANILA, Philippines — While relaxed quarantine measures have increased domestic travelers, the country’s tourism industry continues to see a slump in inbound visitors in 2021. 

 

In a joint forum with the Philippine Statistics Authority on June 28, the Department of Tourism (DOT) noted a "slow recovery" in local tourism, estimating 37.2 million domestic trips in 2021. This is a 38.16% increase compared to the 26.9 million local trips in 2020. 

 

The numbers, however, are still far from the pre-pandemic domestic trip figures of at least 122 million in 2019. 

 

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