Glossary of Terms
Tourism

Country of Residence – consists of the country where she/he has lived for most of the past year (12 months), or for a shorter period if she/he intends to return within 12 months to live there.

Cruise Passengers – visitors who arrive to and depart from the Philippines on the same ship.

Excursionist – temporary visitor staying less than twenty-four hours in the country visited.

Occupancy Rate – refers to the proportion of the rooms or bed-places in a collective tourism establishment that is occupied over some period of time, such as a night, month or year.

Outbound Philippine Residents  – covers the departures of Filipinos who are permanent residents of the Philippines as well as aliens and naturalized citizens of the Philippines with permanent residence in the country.

Overseas Filipinos – Filipino nationals residing permanently abroad who are visiting the Philippines for a period not exceeding one year.

Resident – a person living in a given country, whether he is a national or not.

Tourist – temporary visitor staying at least twenty-four hours in the country visited for a purpose classified as either holiday (recreation, leisure, sport and visit to family, friends or relatives), business, official mission, convention, or health reasons.
  

Tourist Receipts – the receipts of a country in the form of consumption expenditures or payments for goods and services made by foreign visitors out of foreign currency resources.

Visitor – any person visiting a country other than that in which he has his usual place of residence for any reason other than following an occupation remunerated from within the country visited.

Visitor Arrivals – includes tourist, excursionists, aliens entering the country for a temporary stay not exceeding one year and for purposes other than immigration, permanent residence or employment for remuneration in the country and Filipino nationals residing permanently abroad on temporary stay in the Philippines not exceeding one year. This excludes the following:

1. transit visitors and change-plan passengers who remain in the premises of the port of entry terminal;
2. aliens with pre-arranged employment for remuneration in the Philippines, even if length of stay is less than 59 days;
3. Filipinos living abroad, regardless of length of stay overseas who are not permanent residents abroad;
4. Immigrants or aliens with permanent residence in the Philippines;
5. Filipino overseas contract workers on home visits; and
6. Returning residents of the Philippines.

Source: Department of Tourism (DOT)