BACOLOD CITY: A tourism official here said the tourism industry in Negros Occidental has rebounded after registering 2 million tourists in 2023 and posting P6 billion in revenues, data from the Provincial tourism Office showed.
Provincial tourism officer Cheryl Decena said on Monday, February 5, that the partial number represents an increase of 36 percent compared to 2022.
Decena said in 2023 there were 692,190 overnight tourist arrivals compared to 510,022 in 2022.
“For day visitors, we are at 75 percent of our expected reports, but we surpassed our targets already,” she said.
Overnight guests spend for accommodations, food, transportation and souvenir items.
Decena said that 1.7 million day excursionists arrived in the province in 2022 and 2 million in 2023.
“We expect the numbers to go higher when all the numbers are in from the cities and municipalities,” she added.
“With the double-digit growth, we can…
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