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TOURISM

VISITOR ARRIVALS TO REGION VIII BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
2005-2010

Country of Residence 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total      163,889      245,247      244,786      235,633      182,751      199,705
Domestic      147,876      224,687      218,505      194,529      160,700      183,670
Foreign         16,013         20,560         26,281         41,104         21,093         15,860
Asia           6,229           4,224           5,041         12,859           4,631           2,026
ASEAN              325              295              435           2,394              471              283
Brunei  -  -                   3  -                   4                 13
Cambodia  -  -  -  -                   4                 18
Indonesia                 42                 25                 92           1,192                 49                 21
Laos                       1  -                   1                 10
Malaysia                 65                 67              134              674              121                 70
Myanmar  -  -                   1  -                   4                   3
Singapore              150              107              124              369              171                 86
Thailand                 68                 96                 80              159                 72                 52
Vietnam  -  -  -  -                 45                 10
East Asia           5,784           3,827           4,375         10,119           3,866           1,502
China              396              233              804           2,873              871              359
Japan           2,417           2,003           2,226           3,030           2,379              775
Korea           2,803           1,416           1,118           2,846              454              256
Taiwan              168              175              227           1,370              162              112
South Asia                 39                 39              135              127              202              142
Bangladesh  -  -  -  -  -                 18
India                 39                 39              128              115              198                 79
Iran  -  -  -  -  -                   9
Nepal  -  -  -  -  -                   7
Pakistan  -  -                   7                 12                   4                 18
Sri Lanka  -  -  -  -  -                 11
Middle East                 81                 63                 96              219                 92                 99
Bahrain  -  -  -  -  -                   4
Egypt  -  -  -  -  -                   5
Israel  -  -                 19                 10                   8                   9
Jordan  -  -  -  -  -                   6
Kuwait  -  -  -  -  -                   5
Saudi Arabia                 81                 63                 77              209                 82                 57
UAE  -  -  -  -                   2                 13
America           4,555           4,343           9,949         13,726           6,804           5,104
North America           4,555           4,343           9,949         13,726           6,804           5,082
Canada              385              448              996           1,330              724              370
Mexico  -  -                 15                 11                 18                 12
U.S.A.           4,170           3,895           8,938         12,385           6,062           4,700
South America  -  -  -  -  -                 22
Argentina  -  -  -  -  -                   1
Brazil  -  -  -  -  -                   5
Colombia  -  -  -  -  -                   5
Peru  -  -  -  -  -                   2
Venezuela  -  -  -  -  -                   9
Europe 2,731 3,055 6,316 10,932 4,617 2,956
Western Europe           1,448           1,769           4,109           8,190           3,080           1,780
Austria                 18                 24              165           3,129              166              133
Belgium              192              185              178              164                 88              148
France              183              138              390              587              358              294
Germany              730              691           2,543           2,292           2,022              824
Luxembourg  -  -  -  -  -                   3
Netherlands              186              550              198              935              171                 85
Switzerland              139              181              635           1,083              275              293
Northern Europe           1,189           1,109           1,965           2,432           1,297              931
Denmark                 41                 43                 74              194                 64              158
Finland                 85                 37              245              386                 59                 45
Ireland                 12                 48                 54                 90                 62                 54
Norway              116              179          128          237          221              193
Sweden                 34                 96              128              243              110              171
United Kingdom              901              706           1,336           1,282              781              310
Southern Europe                 94              177              242              310              240              189
Greece  -  -                   3                 17                 24                 15
Italy                 83              168              201              261              171                 87
Portugal  -  -  -  -  -                 12
Spain                 11                   9                 38                 32                 45                 70
Union of Serbia & Montenegro  -  -  -  -  -                   5
Eastern Europe  -  -  -  -  -                 56
Commonwealth of  -  -  -  -  -                   1
Independent States            
Poland  -  -  -  -  -                 14
Russia  -  -  -  -  -                 41
Oceania           1,449           1,889           2,504              423           1,632              994
Australia           1,352           1,759           2,379              158           1,512              835
Guam  -  -  -  -  -                 20
Nauru  -  -  -  -  -                   2
New Zealand                 97              130              125              265              120              130
Papua New Guinea  -  -  -  -  -                   7
Africa  -  -  -  -  -                 12
Nigeria  -  -  -  -  -                   1
South Africa  -  -  -  -  -                 11
Turkey  -  -                   3                   3                   2  -
Overseas Filipinos                      958              175
             
Others and Unspecified            
Residences           1,049           7,049           2,471           3,164           3,409           4,768

Note: Visitor arrivals coming from the Republic of Turkey were lumped in Others and Unspecified Residences category.
Source: Department of Tourism,  Region VIII

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