In 2017, the tourism industries contributed
Inbound tourism expenditure, which refers to the expenditure of non-resident visitors (foreign visitors and Filipinos permanently residing abroad) within the Philippines, grew by
43.9 percent in 2017, amounting toPhP 448.6 billion fromPhP 311.7 billion in 2016. Compared to the country’s total exports, the share of inbound tourism expenditure was9.2 percent . Inbound tourism ranked third among the biggest export items in 2017, after semiconductors at21.9 percent and miscellaneous services at15.7 percent .Domestic tourism expenditure, which includes expenditure of resident visitors within the country either as domestic trip or part of an international trip, grew by
25.5 percent , fromPhP 2,108.2 billion in 2016 toPhP 2,644.8 billion in 2017. Domestic tourism expenditure represents22.8 percent of the household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) in 2017.Employment in tourism characteristic industries was estimated at
5.3 million in 2017, higher by0.9 percent compared to5.2 million in the previous year. Share of employment in tourism industries to total employment in the country was recorded at13.1 percent in 2017.
The PTSA is compiled by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) based on the international recommendations for tourism statistics and tourism satellite accounts of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The PTSA tables are available at https://psa.gov.ph/tourism-satellite-accounts-press-releases
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