More than 200,000 international passengers have arrived in the Philippines after the country opened its borders to leisure travel last month, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said over 40% increase of international arriving travelers were recorded in February compared to January this year.
"This is also more than 130-percent higher than the 91 thousand passenger arrivals in February of 2021," the BI commissioner said in a statement. "72-percent of those who arrived last February were returning Filipinos. This is followed by Americans with 21,383 arrivals, Canadians with 4,026, and British with 3,250," Capulong said.
“The foresight on international travel is getting better. We have deployed enough officers and improved our e-gate services at our international ports to guarantee efficiency at the BI stations," he added.
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