Philippine Department of Tourism reports 4.01% increase in Boracay tourist arrival
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The Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Office 6 has recently reported an increase of 4.01% in the tourist arrival of the pristine Boracay island in Aklan province for the months of January and February 2009.
The DOT regional office headed by Director Edwin Trompeta further reported that the increase was obtained because of the total registered arrival which is 99,939 as compared to the figure for the same months last year which was 96,085.
The biggest contingent of foreign tourists who have come to Boracay island is still the Koreans with a total of 11,174 followed by the Chinese with 7,719, Taiwanese with 2,987, and Americans with 2,864 during the 2 previous months.
Tourists from Hong Kong totaled 1,608; Australia 1,186; Germany 1,154, and United Kingdom, 1,113.
There were also domestic and overseas Filipinos who have visited Boracay.
The total receipts generated by the tourists in the resort island amounted to P1,837,218.612.60 for the months of January and February.
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