DOT: Over 1.167 M foreign tourists visited Phl

A total of 1,167,908 foreign travelers visited the Philippines in January and February, slightly higher than in the same months last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has reported.

- By GHIO ONG

This is higher by around 0.96 percent compared to the 1,156,771 foreign tourists in January and February 2024, based on DOT statistics available on its website.

Over 25 percent of the foreign visitors in 2025 or 295,611 came from South Korea, "the Philippines' top source of tourists since 2023," the DOT noted.

The United States was second in the list of the Philippines' top tourist markets with 229,836 travelers, followed by Japan with 83,208, Canada with 65,145, and Australia with 61,564, it added.