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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:
a. transit visitors and change-plan passengers who remain in the
premises of the
port of entry terminal;
b. aliens with pre-arranged employment for remuneration in the
Philippines,
even if length of stay is less than 59 days;
c. Filipinos living abroad, regardless of length of stay overseas
who are not
permanent residents abroad;
d. Immigrants or aliens with permanent residence in the
Philippines;
e. Filipino overseas contract workers on home visits; and
f. Returning residents of the Philippines.
Source:
Department of Tourism (DOT)
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