Kita ng Pilipinas sa sektor ng turismo, umabot na sa P282-B sa unang anim na buwan ng 2024

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00:00The country earned more than Php 280 billion in tourism in the first six months of 2024.

00:07This is more than 32% higher than the same period in 2023.

00:14According to the Tourism Department, from January to July of this July 10,

00:18more than 3 million visitors entered the country.

00:23This is a huge amount, while the overseas Filipinos account for 7%.

00:29Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco believes that this is the result of the Philippines' involvement

00:34in various travel expos that introduce the country as a tourism powerhouse.

00:41We can see that the programs of the administration of our President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. have an effect

00:50to ensure that Philippine tourism recovers and resurges

00:55and that the Philippines continues to be one of the preferred destinations of our tourists.