Region 6 earns P70B in tourism in 2023

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Region 6 earns P70B in tourism in 2023
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ILOILO CITY — Western Visayas (Region 6) tourism industry in 2023 generated an estimated P70 billion in revenue, the Department of Tourism (DoT) reported on Tuesday.

ILOILO CITY — Western Visayas tourism industry in 2023 generated an estimated P70 billion in revenue, the Department of Tourism reported on Tuesday.DoT-6 Assistant Regional Director Phoebe Zelie Areño announced that the region saw around 5.4 million tourist arrivals last year, marking a 22.88-percent increase from the 4.2 million arrivals in 2022.In 2023, the region's foreign tourists numbered to about 550,357, bringing receipts of at least P11.4 billion. This is a 141.

12 million tourists were recorded to have visited the world-renowned Boracay Island.Following Aklan is Iloilo City, which attracted 886,283 visitors, and Bacolod City with 780,916 arrivals.Negros Occidental welcomed 694,015 tourists, Iloilo province had 318,535, Capiz received 196,844 visitors, Antique had 149,509 and Guimaras with 133,818.

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