Tourist bookings up 50% from Jan to May, trade group says

Tourist bookings from January to May climbed 50 percent compared to the same five-month period in 2022, driven mostly by domestic travelers. | AldenMonzonINQ /PDI

Philippine Tour Operators Association President Fe Abling-Yu told this to the Inquirer last week, expressing improved optimism for the industry which was badly hit during the height of the coronavirus pandemic almost three years ago.“A lot of our corporate accounts, they did not really hold any conferences or incentivized travel for employees during this time last year.

“As for foreign bookings, we are not yet back admittedly. But hopefully, come 2024 we will see better,” she added, citing that they are only still seeing “trickles” of foreign tourists arriving in the country.

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