181 Philippines Tourism Statistics for 2026

How much do international visitors spend in the Philippines?

Foreign visitors spent less in 2025 than in 2024 and still less than before the pandemic, on the central bank's measure in US dollars. Spending picked up again in 2026, with each of the first two quarters about a tenth higher than a year earlier.

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Spending in the Philippines by international visitors, 2013 to 2025, in US$ billion, each year as shown in the following year's fourth-quarter report (2024 and 2025 from the latest report).

Period	Value
2013	4.69
2014	5.03
2015	5.27
2016	5.14
2017	6.99
2018	8.24
2019	9.78
2020	1.79
2021	0.60
2022	4.17
2023	9.12
2024	9.32
2025	8.72

• The central bank later revised visitor spending in 2024 down to US$9,318 million. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2026)
• Visitor spending in 2024 was first published as US$9,709 million. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2025)
• Visitors spent US$9,118 million in 2023, up 118.5% as international travel recovered. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2024)
• In 2022 visitors spent US$4,174 million, up 595.4% on 2021. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2023)
• The low point was 2021, at US$600 million, down 66.5% from a revised US$1,791 million in 2020. Monthly spending ran between US$41 million and US$65 million all year. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2022)
• Spending fell 79.5% to US$2,010 million in 2020, as first published, from a revised US$9,781 million in 2019. It dropped from US$925 million in January to US$32 million a month from April. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2021)
• The pre-pandemic peak was 2019, first published as US$9,806 million, up 19.0% from a revised US$8,240 million in 2018. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2020)
• Spending in 2018 was first published as US$7,461 million, up 6.8%. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2019)
• Visitors spent US$6,986 million in 2017, up 35.8%, as first published. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2018)
• Spending dipped 2.5% to US$5,139 million in 2016. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2017)
• Visitors spent US$5,276 million in 2015, up 4.9%. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2016)
• Spending was US$4,767 million in 2014, up 1.7%, the first year on the current BPM6 method. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2015)
• On the older BPM5 method, visitors spent US$4,014 million in 2012, up 25.8% from US$3,190 million in 2011. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2013)
• Spending in October to December 2025 was US$2,107 million, down 11.3% on the same quarter of 2024. The central bank put the lower 2025 receipts down to weaker tourist arrivals. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2026)
• Visitors spent US$3,177 million in January to March 2026, up 10.1% from US$2,885 million a year earlier. (BSP (balance of payments), 2026)
• Monthly spending was US$1,182 million in January 2026, US$1,317 million in February and US$678 million in March. (BSP (balance of payments), 2026)
• In April to June 2026 visitors spent US$2,114 million, up 10.8% from US$1,907 million. (BSP (balance of payments), Sep 2026)

All figures are the central bank's balance-of-payments travel exports: spending in the Philippines by non-resident visitors on goods and services, in US dollars at current prices. This is a different measure from any peso estimate of visitor receipts and is never compared with one. The central bank revises earlier years as new data arrive, so first-published and revised figures differ; the chart uses one consistent rule, the figure printed a year later. The method changed to BPM6 in 2014, so 2011 and 2012 are not comparable with later years. 2026 figures are preliminary.

Where do the Philippines' foreign visitors come from?

South Koreans make up almost half of the foreign guests in Bohol, far ahead of any other nationality. The origin countries' own counts show trips from Australia and New Zealand rising in 2025, and Australian trips still growing in 2026.

1. 1 South Korea 233,280
2. 2 China 43,923
3. 3 Taiwan 26,973
4. 4 USA 24,098

• South Koreans were 47.05% of Bohol's foreign guests in 2024, with 233,280 arrivals, up 71.03% on 2023. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• China (43,923), Taiwan (26,973) and the USA (24,098) were the next-largest foreign markets in Bohol in 2024. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Australian residents made 266,140 short trips to the Philippines in 2024 and 255,190 in 2019, so 2025 was 14% above the pre-pandemic level. (ABS, Feb 2026)
• In January to August 2026, Australian residents came home from 225,000 short trips to the Philippines, up 6.2% from 211,770 a year earlier. (ABS, Oct 2026)
• New Zealand residents returning home from the Philippines numbered about 60,000 in 2025, up 12,000 on 2024, one of the largest rises of any destination. (Stats NZ, Feb 2026)

Bohol counts foreign guests at accommodation by nationality, from Department of Tourism regional data published by the provincial planning office, so a visitor who stays in two places counts twice. The Australian figures count Australian residents coming home from a short stay in the Philippines, which includes Filipino-Australians visiting family. The New Zealand figure counts New Zealand residents arriving back from the Philippines, rounded by Stats NZ to the nearest thousand. The rise on 2019 is our calculation.

How busy are the Philippines' airports?

Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) carries more passengers than ever, but its international traffic is still just under 2019. Cebu and Clark are growing faster, and Clark's domestic traffic rose by almost a quarter in 2025.

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Arriving international passengers at Manila's NAIA, 2018 to 2025, in millions.

Period	Value
2018	11.46m
2019	12.46m
2020	2.62m
2021	0.92m
2022	5.22m
2023	9.98m
2024	11.49m
2025	12.13m

• On the same sums of MIAA's tables, NAIA handled about 50.4 million passengers in 2024, 45.3 million in 2023 and 47.9 million in 2019. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Arriving and departing international passengers at NAIA add up to about 24.5 million in 2025, slightly below the 25.0 million of 2019. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Arriving and departing domestic passengers add up to about 27.6 million in 2025, against about 22.9 million in 2019. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Calculated from MIAA's monthly tables, NAIA handled about 35.0 million passengers in January to August 2026, slightly fewer than a year earlier, with international traffic up and domestic traffic down. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Adding its arrival and departure tables, NAIA Terminal 3 handled about 27.4 million passengers in 2025, roughly half international and half domestic. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Terminal 1, which handles only international flights, served about 10.7 million arriving and departing passengers in 2025. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Adding arrivals and departures, NAIA handled about 292,000 commercial flights in 2025, slightly fewer than the roughly 293,400 of 2024. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Of Mactan-Cebu's 2025 passengers, 8,643,025 flew domestic and 2,961,193 international. (MCIAA (airport statistics), Mar 2026)
• Mactan-Cebu handled 9,034,142 passengers in January to September 2026, up 5.3%: international traffic grew 8.1% to 2,353,855 and domestic 4.3% to 6,680,287. (MCIAA (airport statistics), Sep 2026)
• Mactan-Cebu handled 100,061 flights in 2025, 79,967 domestic and 20,094 international. (MCIAA (airport statistics), Mar 2026)
• Mactan-Cebu's traffic grew almost 3% from 11.3 million in 2024. Laguindingan, in Misamis Oriental, handled 2.35 million passengers in 2025 and is the sixth-busiest airport in the country. (Aboitiz InfraCapital, Jan 2026)
• Clark International Airport, about 80 km north of Manila, served 2,753,101 passengers in 2025, up 14%: 1,710,512 international (up 10%) and 1,042,589 domestic (up 23%). (LIPAD (Clark airport operator), 2026)
• Airlines offered 3,767,345 seats at Clark in 2025, up 12%. (LIPAD (Clark airport operator), 2026)
• Clark handled 19,221 flights in 2024, up 29% from 14,892 in 2023, and 2.4 million passengers, up 20%, 65% of them international. (LIPAD (Clark airport operator), Jan 2025)
• Clark served nearly 2 million passengers in 2023, up 158% on 2022. (LIPAD (Clark airport operator), Jan 2024)

Airport figures count passengers arriving and departing on commercial flights, Filipinos and foreigners alike, so they are not visitor counts. NAIA totals are our sums of MIAA's four passenger tables and exclude general aviation; MIAA still publishes the statistics although a private company has run the airport since September 2024. Mactan-Cebu's 2026 growth rates are calculated from the airport authority's monthly tables. Clark's figures come from its private operator, and Laguindingan's and the Mactan-Cebu growth rate from Aboitiz InfraCapital, which runs those airports.

How many passengers do Philippine airlines carry?

Cebu Pacific is the largest airline and is still growing in 2026, while Philippine Airlines flew fewer passengers in the first nine months of 2026 as fuel costs rose. Each airline reports its own traffic, so each figure covers one company.

• Domestic 19.99m
• International 6.89m

• Of Cebu Pacific's 2025 passengers, 19.99 million flew domestic (up 8.1%) and 6.89 million international (up 14.0%). It filled 84.0% of its 31.99 million seats. (Cebu Pacific (traffic report), Jan 2026)
• Cebu Pacific carried 20.77 million passengers in January to September 2026, up 4.1%. Domestic traffic rose 5.5% to 15.70 million, while international was flat at 5.07 million after a 3.2% cut in international seats. (Cebu Pacific (traffic report), Oct 2026)
• Cebu Pacific's seat load factor eased to 82.1% in January to September 2026, from 84.8% a year earlier. (Cebu Pacific (traffic report), Oct 2026)
• Cebu Pacific says it flew 56% of domestic air passengers in 2025, up from 54%, and 22% of international passengers to and from the Philippines. Its domestic share reached 59% in December 2025. (Cebu Pacific (annual report), Mar 2026)
• At the end of 2025 Cebu Pacific flew 83 domestic and 42 international routes, with more than 3,800 scheduled weekly flights, 100 aircraft and five hubs. (Cebu Pacific (annual report), Mar 2026)
• Philippine Airlines carried 16.3 million passengers in 2025, up 4.3%, with a passenger load factor of 78.7%, down from 79.1%, on 46.19 billion available seat kilometres. (PAL Holdings, Apr 2026)
• Philippine Airlines carried 11.6 million passengers in January to September 2026, down 6%, and its load factor eased to 77.5% from 79.4%. (PAL Holdings, Nov 2026)
• PAL's fuel costs rose US$339.4 million in January to September 2026, and the group made a nine-month net loss of US$159.0 million. (PAL Holdings, Nov 2026)

Airline figures count passengers flown on each flight segment, Filipinos and foreigners alike, so a return trip counts twice and none of these are visitor counts. Cebu Pacific figures include its regional airline Cebgo, and Philippine Airlines figures include PAL Express. Cebu Pacific's market shares are its own calculation. The two airlines report different periods and measures, so their figures are not added up.

How many people travel by ferry and cruise ship?

Ferries carry tens of millions of passengers a year, most of them residents moving between islands. Cruise traffic has grown each year since ships returned in 2023 but is still about half its 2018 level.

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Cruise passengers at Philippine Ports Authority ports, selected years, each from that year's or the following year's annual report.

Period	Value
2018	451,063
2019	213,765
2023	88,080
2024	150,903
2025	226,247

• Manila South Harbor took the most cruise traffic in 2025, with 35 calls and 84,004 passengers, ahead of Puerto Princesa (18 calls, 52,958) and Caticlan, the port for Boracay (16 calls, 39,614). (PPA (annual report 2025), Jun 2026)
• Currimao in Ilocos Norte had 12 cruise calls and 32,537 passengers in 2025, Coron 6 calls and 11,676, and Tagbilaran in Bohol 3 calls and 1,378. (PPA (annual report 2025), Jun 2026)
• Ports run by the authority recorded 150,903 cruise passengers in 2024, up 71.32%. (PPA (annual report 2024), Jun 2025)
• The authority recorded 88,080 cruise passengers in 2023, when ships came back after a two-year break. (PPA (annual report 2023), 2024)
• Cruise passengers fell 52.61% to 213,765 in 2019 from 451,063 in 2018. The authority said the limit on cruise ships and tourists in Boracay was a big reason for the fall. (PPA (annual report 2019), 2020)
• In January to September 2026 the authority's ports logged 166,612 cruise passengers on 79 ship calls. (PPA (quarterly statistics), Oct 2026)
• PPA ports handled 82.42 million sea passengers in 2025, up 4.59% from 78.81 million. (PPA (annual report 2025), Jun 2026)
• Sea passengers at PPA ports numbered 63,746,966 in January to September 2026, up 0.96% from 63,138,090. (PPA (quarterly statistics), Oct 2026)
• Cebu's ports, run separately by the Cebu Port Authority, handled 19,644,644 sea passengers in 2025: 10,059,372 disembarking and 9,585,272 embarking. (CPA (port statistics), 2025)
• Roll-on/roll-off ferries at PPA ports carried 12,983,606 vehicles in 2025, up 14.83% from 11,306,823. (PPA (annual report 2025), Jun 2026)
• Roll-on/roll-off ferries carried 10,206,010 vehicles in January to September 2026, up 4.46%. (PPA (quarterly statistics), Oct 2026)
• Dapa, the main ferry port for Siargao, handled 830,522 passenger movements in 2024: 730,555 at the passenger berth and 99,967 on roll-on/roll-off vessels. (PPA (port statistics 2024), Jun 2025)

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) counts passengers at the ports it runs, which leave out Cebu's ports, Subic and some private ports, so its cruise figures are not a national total. A cruise passenger counts at each port the ship calls at. Sea passenger figures count everyone embarking and disembarking, for any purpose, mostly on domestic ferries, so they are not visitor counts. Cruise traffic was close to zero from 2020 to 2022, so those years are not shown. 2026 figures are preliminary.

How many tourists visit Boracay and Palawan?

Boracay drew slightly more tourists in 2025 than in 2024, but the growth came from Filipinos while foreign arrivals fell. In Palawan, the Underground River has a daily limit on visitors, and Coron is the busiest ferry port.

1. 1 Coron 346,596
2. 2 Puerto Princesa 171,815
3. 3 El Nido 134,735

• Boracay recorded 2,077,977 tourist arrivals in 2024. The rise in 2025 was driven mainly by domestic tourism, the Malay Tourism Office reported. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• Foreign tourist arrivals in Boracay fell to 351,258 in 2025, from 405,946 in 2024. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• Boracay's water utility produced 4,114,120 cubic metres of water in 2025, 8.05% less than the 4,474,422 of 2024, as large resorts switched to their own desalination plants. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• TIEZA collected PHP 2.16 million in incentive fees from Boracay's water concession in 2025, at one peso per tourist arrival. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• The Puerto Princesa Underground River observes a carrying capacity of 900 visitors a day, according to the park's website in November 2026. (Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Nov 2026)
• The river is navigable for 4.3 km, and the park says it is reputed to be the longest navigable underground river in the world. (Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Nov 2026)
• Coron port handled 346,596 passenger movements in 2024 (215,827 at the passenger berth and 130,769 on roll-on/roll-off vessels), El Nido 134,735 and the Puerto Princesa seaport 171,815. (PPA (port statistics 2024), Jun 2025)

Boracay's figures are the Malay Tourism Office's count of tourist arrivals on the island, as reported by TIEZA, which oversees the island's water concession; they are a different measure from the accommodation-based counts used elsewhere. The foreign count may leave out overseas Filipinos. The Underground River limit is the one the park itself states. Port figures count sea passengers for all purposes; most visitors to Puerto Princesa and many to El Nido fly in, so the ports are not ranked as destinations.

How many tourists visit Bohol?

Bohol's guest numbers bounced back strongly in 2024 but were still below 2019. Most guests are Philippine residents, and more than half of the province's rooms are on Panglao island.

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Guest arrivals in Bohol province, 2019 to 2024.

Period	Value
2019	1.58m
2020	0.18m
2021	0.18m
2022	0.54m
2023	1.01m
2024	1.37m

• Of Bohol's 2024 guests, 870,956 were Philippine residents and 498,989 foreign, including 3,144 overseas Filipinos. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Bohol had 1,581,904 guest arrivals in 2019, 727,051 of them foreign. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Guest arrivals fell to 177,341 in 2020 and 179,781 in 2021, when only 1,127 foreign guests came, before recovering to 535,803 in 2022. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Bohol had 795 accommodation establishments with 11,292 rooms in 2024. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Panglao island had 391 establishments and 6,297 rooms, 56% of the province's rooms, and Tagbilaran 98 establishments and 2,020 rooms. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Bohol's seaports carried 5,875,531 passengers in 2024, against 6,903,767 in 2019. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Bohol's airport received 731,658 incoming domestic and 366,736 incoming international passengers in 2024. (Bohol PPDO (tourism profile), Dec 2025)
• Bohol-Panglao International Airport handled 2.22 million passengers in 2025, the ninth-busiest airport in the country. (Aboitiz InfraCapital, Jan 2026)

Guest arrivals count overnight guests at accommodation, from Department of Tourism regional data published by the provincial planning office, so they are not counts of people. Foreign guests include overseas Filipinos. The room count covers all establishments in the provincial inventory, accredited or not. Seaport figures include all passengers, and the airport figures count incoming passengers only, read from the profile's charts. The 2025 airport total is the operator's and includes months before it took over in June 2025. Panglao's share of rooms is our calculation.

Which regions do overnight travellers visit most?

Central Visayas draws the most foreign overnight travellers, and CALABARZON, just south of Manila, the most domestic ones. Davao City's visitor numbers are growing fast in 2026.

1. 1 Central Visayas 31.5m
2. 2 Metro Manila 19.6m
3. 3 Western Visayas 11.8m
4. 4 Bicol 8.8m
5. 5 Central Luzon 8.3m

• Metro Manila (NCR) recorded 19.6 million foreign overnight arrivals over 2000-2024, though no data were recorded for 2000 to 2005, and Western Visayas, home of Boracay, 11.8 million. (PIDS, Dec 2025)
• Bicol recorded 8.8 million foreign overnight arrivals over the same period and Central Luzon 8.3 million. (PIDS, Dec 2025)
• CALABARZON recorded 77.5 million domestic overnight travellers from 2008 to 2024, the most of any region. (PIDS, Dec 2025)
• Central Visayas recorded 60.1 million domestic travellers over 2000-2024, Bicol 56.1 million, Central Luzon 44.1 million and Davao Region 43 million. (PIDS, Dec 2025)
• Western Visayas was the top region for overseas Filipinos, with about 1.2 million arrivals, ahead of Bicol (around 508,500) and Metro Manila (480,000). (PIDS, Dec 2025)
• Davao City recorded 1,632,597 tourist arrivals in January to September 2026, up 11.01% from 1,470,696 a year earlier. (Davao City Government, Oct 2026)
• In January to September 2024 Davao City had 1,312,385 tourist arrivals. (Davao City Government, Oct 2026)
• The UK government advises against all travel to western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago, and against all but essential travel to the rest of Mindanao except Camiguin, Dinagat and Siargao islands. (UK FCDO, Jul 2026)

Regional totals are those stated by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the government's policy research institute, in a preliminary discussion paper; the data are the Department of Tourism's counts of overnight travellers in accommodation. They add up 25 years (17 for CALABARZON, whose data start in 2008) and count stays, not people, so they show where travellers sleep over the long run, not in any one year. Davao City counts visitors staying in accredited accommodation. Travel advice changes, so check it before travel.

How full are hotels in the Philippines?

Shangri-La's Philippine hotels were fuller in 2025 and early 2026, though less full than the group's hotels in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. These figures cover single companies' own hotels, not the whole market.

1. 1 Makati Shangri-La 696
2. 2 Edsa Shangri-La 628
3. 3 Shangri-La The Fort 576
4. 4 Shangri-La Mactan 541
5. 5 Shangri-La Boracay 219

• Shangri-La's Philippine hotels averaged 61% occupancy in 2025, up from 55% in 2024, at an average room rate of US$207 and revenue per available room of US$127, up 8%. (Shangri-La Asia (results), Mar 2026)
• Shangri-La's Philippine hotel revenue rose 5.7% to US$165.4 million in 2025. (Shangri-La Asia (results), Mar 2026)
• The group's hotels in Hong Kong (82%), Singapore (79%), Japan (76%) and Malaysia (67%) were all fuller in 2025. (Shangri-La Asia (results), Mar 2026)
• In January to June 2026, Shangri-La's Philippine hotels averaged 65% occupancy, up 4 percentage points, with revenue per available room of US$136, up 4%, and an average rate of US$209, down from US$216. (Shangri-La Asia (results), Aug 2026)
• Their revenue rose 4.9% to US$87.4 million in the first half of 2026, largely driven by business travel, the company said. (Shangri-La Asia (results), Aug 2026)
• SM's 2,602-room hotel portfolio ran at 63% occupancy in 2025, with average daily rates up 2%. (SM Prime (annual report), Apr 2026)
• Event bookings at SM's SMX convention centres and trade halls rose 10% to 1,632 in 2025, and visitor foot traffic rose 34% from 6.4 million to over 8.5 million. (SM Prime (annual report), Apr 2026)
• SM says more than 600 ASEAN-related meetings are scheduled in 2026, the year the Philippines chairs ASEAN. (SM Prime (annual report), Apr 2026)

Shangri-La's figures cover only its own five luxury hotels in the Philippines, with 2,660 rooms in Manila, Cebu-Mactan and Boracay, and SM's cover only its own hotels and venues; neither is a market-wide occupancy rate. SM said occupancy at its leisure hotels fell because rooms were closed for refurbishment. The ASEAN meetings figure is SM's statement, not an official count.

What is tourism worth to the Philippine economy, and what are the targets?

Tourism earns the Philippines far less foreign currency than business process outsourcing, and the development plan found tourism's value added short of target in 2024. The tourism budget and investment pledges both rose for 2026.

• Online e-games 201.12
• Licensed casinos 182.50
• PAGCOR-run casinos 12.52

• Visitor spending was about 16.9% of the US$51,486 million of services the Philippines exported in 2025. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2026)
• Business process outsourcing earned an estimated US$33.5 billion in 2025, up 4.8% from US$32.0 billion. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2026)
• The development plan's midterm review found that tourism's direct gross value added in 2024 fell short of its target and was still below the 2019 level. (DEPDev (development plan), Dec 2025)
• The plan's target for tourism direct gross value added in 2025 was PHP 2,759-3,663 billion. (DEPDev (development plan), Dec 2025)
• The target range is PHP 3,196-4,299 billion for 2026, rising to PHP 4,249-6,136 billion by 2028. (DEPDev (development plan), Dec 2025)
• The Department of Tourism's 2026 budget is PHP 4.158 billion in new appropriations, up from PHP 3.842 billion in 2025. The Office of the Secretary gets PHP 3.637 billion and the Intramuros Administration PHP 161.3 million. (DBM (General Appropriations Act), Jan 2026)
• The 2026 budget gives the department PHP 1 billion for a tourism branding campaign, against PHP 100 million in 2025. (DBM (General Appropriations Act), Jan 2026)
• Tourism enterprises registered with TIEZA for investment incentives rose from 6 in 2024 to 16 in 2025. Their committed investment rose from PHP 1.26 billion to PHP 5.74 billion and committed jobs from 450 to 1,039. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• From 2021 to 30 April 2026, 30 enterprises registered PHP 12.55 billion of committed investment and 2,428 jobs. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• TIEZA passed PHP 17.3 billion of its 2015-2024 travel tax collections to the Commission on Higher Education, the 40% share set aside for tourism-related education. (TIEZA (annual report 2025), Sep 2026)
• Licensed casinos, including the integrated resorts of Manila's Entertainment City, earned PHP 182.50 billion in gross gaming revenue in 2025, down 9.58% from PHP 201.84 billion. (PAGCOR, Apr 2026)
• Online e-games rose 30.04% to PHP 201.12 billion, taking total gaming revenue to PHP 396.14 billion, up 6.39%. (PAGCOR, Apr 2026)

Visitor spending is the central bank's balance-of-payments measure, and the 16.9% share is our calculation from its first-release table. Value-added targets are ranges from the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 midterm update, measured with the tourism satellite account. Gaming revenue is what casinos and online operators keep from bets, from local players as well as visitors, so it is not tourism spending. Investment figures are pledges by enterprises registered for TIEZA incentives, not total tourism investment. Budget figures are new appropriations, which leave out automatic appropriations and self-funded bodies such as TIEZA.

How much do Filipinos spend on travel abroad?

Philippine residents now spend far more on trips abroad than foreign visitors spend in the Philippines, and well above what they spent in 2019. Travel tax collections, paid mainly by residents leaving the country, show the same collapse and recovery.

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Net travel tax collections, 2019 to 2023, in PHP billion.

Period	Value
2019	7.14
2020	1.21
2021	0.33
2022	2.33
2023	6.22

• Residents spent US$12,784 million on travel abroad in 2024, on the revised figures. (BSP (balance of payments), Sep 2026)
• The travel account ran a deficit of US$6,330 million in 2025. (BSP (balance of payments), Sep 2026)
• In January to June 2026 residents spent US$7,774 million abroad, up 3.7%. (BSP (balance of payments), Sep 2026)
• Residents spent US$12,039 million abroad in 2019, when the travel deficit was US$2,233 million. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2020)
• Spending abroad fell 62.1% to US$4,568 million in 2020, as first published. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2021)
• It rose 50.8% to US$4,918 million in 2022, from US$3,262 million in 2021. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2023)
• In 2023 residents spent US$6.7 billion abroad, up 35.5%, and the travel account showed a surplus of US$2,455 million as first published, the only surplus in the reports we checked from 2011 to 2025. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2024)
• Net travel tax collections were PHP 7,139,536,440 in 2019. (TIEZA (annual report 2024), Jan 2026)
• They fell to PHP 1,213,464,680 in 2020 and PHP 331,826,870 in 2021. (TIEZA (annual report 2024), Jan 2026)
• Collections recovered to PHP 2,334,389,610 in 2022 and PHP 6,221,895,220 in 2023. (TIEZA (annual report 2024), Jan 2026)
• Online payments rose from 0.35% of travel tax collections in 2019 to 5.02% in 2023. (TIEZA (annual report 2024), Jan 2026)

Spending abroad is the central bank's balance-of-payments travel imports: what Philippine residents spend on trips abroad for any purpose, including business, study and short trips by overseas workers, in US dollars. The level for 2024 is far higher than for 2023 and may partly come from a change in how the series is compiled, so the series may not be comparable across 2023 and 2024 and no growth rate is given between them. Travel tax is a levy mainly on residents leaving the country. The figures are net collections from the table in TIEZA's 2024 annual report; that report gives two different totals for 2024, so 2024 is not shown.

Where do Filipinos travel abroad?

Japan is the fastest-growing big destination, and Filipino visits there are far above 2019. Travel to Singapore, the United States and Canada fell in 2025, while Macao and Australia drew more Filipinos.

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Visitors from the Philippines to Japan, 2019 and 2023 to 2025 (2025 preliminary).

Period	Value
2019	613,114
2023	622,293
2024	818,659
2025	885,100

• On preliminary figures, 818,700 visitors from the Philippines went to Japan in 2024, up 31.6% and 33.5% above the 613,114 of 2019. (JNTO, Jan 2025)
• Visitors from the Philippines to Japan numbered 622,300 in 2023 on preliminary figures, 1.5% above 2019. (JNTO, Jan 2024)
• In January to July 2026, 519,500 visitors from the Philippines went to Japan, up 4.8%, although July alone was down 4.8%. (JNTO, Aug 2026)
• Visitors from the Philippines spent JPY 163.6 billion in Japan in 2025, up 8.3%, or JPY 187,700 per person. (Japan Tourism Agency, Jan 2026)
• Filipino leisure travellers in Japan spent JPY 201,231 each and stayed 7.9 nights on average. (Japan Tourism Agency, Jan 2026)
• Singapore received 726,091 visitors resident in the Philippines in 2025, down 6.8% from 778,819 in 2024 and below the 829,325 of 2019. (STB (via SingStat), Oct 2026)
• Arrivals in Singapore from the Philippines fell 7.8% to 494,278 in January to September 2026. (STB (via SingStat), Oct 2026)
• Macao received 540,284 visitors from the Philippines in 2025, up 9.5%, its second-largest international market after South Korea (547,638). (DSEC Macao, Jan 2026)
• In 2024 the Philippines was Macao's largest international market, with 493,399 visitors, just ahead of South Korea (492,184). (DSEC Macao, Jan 2025)
• The United States received 315,352 visitors resident in the Philippines in 2025, down 13.4%; 276,713 came on pleasure visas, down 14.4%. (NTTO, Mar 2026)
• US arrivals from the Philippines fell 8.1% to 183,622 in January to August 2026, 159,224 of them on pleasure visas. (NTTO, Nov 2026)
• Australia received 190,660 short-term visitors resident in the Philippines in 2025, up 9.1% from 174,790, and 158,550 in 2019. (ABS, Feb 2026)
• Short-term visitors to Australia from the Philippines rose 7.1% to 131,170 in January to August 2026. (ABS, Oct 2026)
• Canada received 126,407 visitors resident in the Philippines in 2025, down 11.5% from 142,811 in 2024 but 24% above the 101,821 of 2019. (Statistics Canada, Aug 2026)
• Visitors to Canada from the Philippines fell 2.0% to 84,558 in January to August 2026. (Statistics Canada, Aug 2026)

Each figure is the destination's own count of visitors from the Philippines, so the counts measure slightly different things and are not added up or ranked. Japan's 2025 and 2026 figures and the earlier preliminary figures may be revised; the chart uses the final figures where published. Singapore's annual totals and the Singapore, Australian and Canadian period totals are sums of monthly figures. US figures count residents of the Philippines staying at least one night on qualifying visas. Macao counts by place of residence, so Filipinos living in Macao or Hong Kong are not included.

When is the Philippines busiest?

Foreign visitor spending peaks from December to February and is lowest in the middle of the year. Domestic air travel peaks in the April-May summer holidays and international arrivals at Manila in December, while September is the quietest month at both main airports.

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Spending in the Philippines by international visitors by month, 2025, in US$ million, preliminary.

Period	Value
Jan	1,120
Feb	974
Mar	791
Apr	726
May	620
Jun	561
Jul	661
Aug	538
Sep	622
Oct	587
Nov	649
Dec	871

• Visitor spending was highest in January 2025, at US$1,120 million, and below US$700 million a month from May to November. (BSP (balance of payments), Mar 2026)
• NAIA received 1,283,534 arriving international passengers in December 2025, its busiest month, against a low of 819,200 in September. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Arriving domestic passengers at NAIA peaked at 1,308,632 in May 2025, against a low of 1,001,361 in September. (MIAA (passenger statistics), Sep 2026)
• Mactan-Cebu handled 941,472 domestic and 336,126 international passengers in December 2025, its busiest month, against September lows of 574,049 and 201,491. (MCIAA (airport statistics), Mar 2026)
• December was also Mactan-Cebu's busiest month for flights, with 8,807 domestic and 2,323 international. (MCIAA (airport statistics), Mar 2026)
• Cebu Pacific carried 2.705 million passengers in December 2025, up 5.1% on December 2024. (Cebu Pacific (traffic report), Jan 2026)
• Cebu Pacific calls September a lean travel month in the Philippines; its international passengers fell 5.1% in September 2026. (Cebu Pacific (traffic report), Oct 2026)
• In Davao City, the Kadayawan festival in August drew 206,506 visitors in 2025 (190,068 in 2024) and the December Pasko Fiesta 192,969 (178,555 in 2024). (Davao City Government, Apr 2026)

Monthly visitor spending is the central bank's preliminary balance-of-payments figure. Airport and airline figures count all passengers, so the December peak includes Filipinos coming home for Christmas and the April-May peak the school summer holidays. Davao City counts visitors staying in accredited accommodation.

What is the weather like in the Philippines, and when does it rain?

Most of the main destinations have a dry season from about December to May and a rainy season from June to November. The east coast of Mindanao, near Siargao, is the exception: its heaviest rain falls in December and January.

1. 1 Baguio 3,824
2. 2 Surigao 3,757
3. 3 Coron 2,502
4. 4 Manila 2,243
5. 5 Roxas City 2,137
6. 6 Davao City 1,836
7. 7 Cebu (Mactan) 1,685
8. 8 Puerto Princesa 1,555

• The national mean temperature is 26.6°C. January is the coolest month, at 25.5°C, and May the warmest, at 28.3°C. (PAGASA (climate), 2026)
• Average monthly relative humidity ranges from 71% in March to 85% in September, and annual rainfall from 965 to 4,064 mm depending on location. (PAGASA (climate), 2026)
• Manila gets 2,242.7 mm of rain a year on 124 rainy days. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Manila gets less than 25 mm of rain in each month from January to April, against 476.1 mm over 19 rainy days in August. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Manila is hottest in April, with an average daily high of 33.8°C, and coolest in January, with an average low of 23.9°C. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Cebu (Mactan) gets 1,685.0 mm of rain a year on 138 rainy days. April is the driest month (55.6 mm) and July the wettest (210.6 mm). (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Puerto Princesa gets 1,555.4 mm a year on 120 rainy days, from 30.7 mm in February to 212.9 mm in October. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Coron, in northern Palawan, gets 2,502.3 mm a year, with 521.5 mm over 21 rainy days in July and 15.4 mm in March. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Baguio averages 19.5°C, with January lows of 13.0°C, and gets 3,824.4 mm of rain a year, 963.2 mm of it in August. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Surigao, the nearest station to Siargao, gets 3,757.3 mm a year on 192 rainy days, with 661.5 mm in January; its driest months are May to September. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Tagbilaran in Bohol gets 1,554.3 mm a year. April is the driest month (76.5 mm), and April and May the hottest, with average highs of 33.4°C. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2013)
• Davao City has almost no dry season: every month gets between 106.6 mm (March) and 194.8 mm (October), for 1,835.5 mm a year. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)
• Roxas City, on northern Panay, gets 62 to 65 mm a month from February to April and 305.1 mm in October, for 2,137.0 mm a year. (PAGASA (climate normals), 1991-2020)

Station figures are 1991-2020 averages from PAGASA, the national weather service, except Tagbilaran, whose record runs from 1991 to March 2013 and is left out of the chart. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. PAGASA publishes no normals for El Nido, Boracay or Siargao, so Coron is used for northern Palawan, Roxas City (about 100 km from Boracay) for northern Panay and Surigao City (about 50 km from Siargao) for Siargao. The national averages on PAGASA's climate page do not state their period and leave out Baguio.

When is typhoon season in the Philippines?

Tropical cyclones can come in any month, but July to September is the peak and January to April the quietest time. Fewer than half of the storms that enter the monitoring area make landfall.

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Average number of tropical cyclones in the Philippine Area of Responsibility by month, 1991-2020, approximate.

Period	Value
Jan	0.5
Feb	0.4
Mar	0.4
Apr	0.6
May	1.1
Jun	1.6
Jul	3.5
Aug	3.2
Sep	3.3
Oct	2.7
Nov	2.0
Dec	1.2

• An average of 8.4 tropical cyclones a year make landfall in the Philippines. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)
• The 2023 season had 11 tropical cyclones in the Philippine Area of Responsibility, below normal. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)
• Four made landfall in 2023: one each in April and December and two in July. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)
• The strongest landfall of 2023 was Egay, in July, at 95 knots. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)
• July, August and September each average more than three tropical cyclones, with July the peak at about 3.5. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)
• January to April each average well under one tropical cyclone. (PAGASA (tropical cyclone report), 2023)

Figures are from PAGASA's annual tropical cyclone report for 2023, the latest season with a final report; averages cover 1991-2020. The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is a large box of ocean around the country, so a storm in the PAR does not always reach land. Monthly averages are read from a chart in the report and are approximate. The share making landfall is our calculation.

Methodology and sources

Figures come from the bodies that produce them: the central bank for visitor spending and spending abroad, labelled by report; the airport authorities and operators for passengers and flights; Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines, Shangri-La and SM for their own traffic and hotels; the ports authorities for ferries and cruises; TIEZA, the budget department, the planning department and the gaming regulator for travel tax, investment, budgets, targets and gaming revenue; the Bohol provincial government, Davao City and the Underground River park for places; PIDS for regional totals from Department of Tourism data; PAGASA for climate and typhoons; and other countries' statistics offices for Filipinos travelling abroad and for Australians and New Zealanders visiting. Each figure links to the document that carries it, with the date. Visitor spending is the central bank's balance-of-payments measure in US dollars and is never mixed with other measures. Airport, airline, ferry, accommodation and island counts measure different things and are never added, ranked against each other or treated as visitor numbers. Where a series was revised or changed method, we say so and do not compare across the break. Where we calculated a figure, such as a share or a sum, the note says so. The page is reviewed monthly and the date is shown at the top.

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