A plane lands at the Manila International Airport yesterday. Of the P1.87 trillion spent for tourism in the Philippines, P1.5 trillion was attributed to domestic tourism spending, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
MANILA, Philippines — Local travelers help boost tourism in the Philippines, according to an expert studying tourism.
“Historically, tourism in the Philippines is driven by locals. 80% of tourism receipts are coming from domestic tourism,” said John Paolo Rivera, associate director of the Dr. Andrew L. Tan Center for Tourism, a research center at the Asian Institute of Management.
More domestic travelers visiting the Philippines’ tourist attractions than foreigners could be considered a “unique characteristic” of the country’s tourism industry, he said.
Rivera also noted Filipinos are “moving towards travel experience that is educational,” emerging from the pandemic that…
