PSA tourism statistics, 2024
Who visits the Philippines?
5,949,350 visitor arrivals in 2024: 5,438,967 from other countries and 510,383 Filipinos living abroad coming home.
- Arrivals, 2024
- 5.95M 72% of 2019's 8.26M
- Average stay
- 11.0 nights foreign visitors
- Average spend
- $139 a day foreign visitors, US dollars
- Arrived by air
- 99.6% the rest by sea
Find your country
Top 15 countries
Visitor arrivals by country of residence. 2024 2019
Why they came
Reason for the trip, all visitor arrivals, 2024.
How old they are
Share of visitor arrivals by age, 2024 (visitors who gave an age).
When they came
Visitor arrivals by month, 2024. Busiest: Dec (598K).
Arrivals by year
All visitor arrivals. Travel fell sharply in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic; 2024 arrivals were 72% of 2019's.
All 66 countries as a table
| # | Country | 2024 | 2019 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 1,569,071 | 1,989,322 | -21% |
| 2 | United States | 947,891 | 1,064,440 | -11% |
| 3 | Japan | 388,316 | 682,788 | -43% |
| 4 | China | 312,222 | 1,743,309 | -82% |
| 5 | Australia | 272,215 | 286,170 | -5% |
| 6 | Canada | 223,944 | 238,850 | -6% |
| 7 | Taiwan | 208,736 | 327,273 | -36% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 160,296 | 209,206 | -23% |
| 9 | Singapore | 157,264 | 158,595 | -1% |
| 10 | Malaysia | 95,713 | 139,882 | -32% |
| 11 | Germany | 79,886 | 103,756 | -23% |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 79,276 | 91,653 | -14% |
| 13 | India | 78,995 | 134,963 | -41% |
| 14 | France | 60,743 | 88,577 | -31% |
| 15 | Vietnam | 58,098 | 66,698 | -13% |
| 16 | Indonesia | 57,085 | 70,819 | -19% |
| 17 | Spain | 46,146 | 49,748 | -7% |
| 18 | Thailand | 45,896 | 61,292 | -25% |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 40,026 | 10,192 | +293% |
| 20 | Guam | 37,609 | 19,835 | +90% |
| 21 | Netherlands | 34,726 | 41,313 | -16% |
| 22 | Italy | 29,943 | 38,951 | -23% |
| 23 | New Zealand | 28,193 | 37,872 | -26% |
| 24 | Russia | 27,602 | 36,111 | -24% |
| 25 | Switzerland | 27,050 | 29,966 | -10% |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 22,429 | 43,748 | -49% |
| 27 | Norway | 19,100 | 23,464 | -19% |
| 28 | Sweden | 18,144 | 27,892 | -35% |
| 29 | Ireland | 16,111 | 21,475 | -25% |
| 30 | Israel | 15,537 | 22,851 | -32% |
| 31 | Poland | 15,294 | 15,816 | -3% |
| 32 | Belgium | 15,094 | 19,156 | -21% |
| 33 | Austria | 14,199 | 14,840 | -4% |
| 34 | Denmark | 13,759 | 18,535 | -26% |
| 35 | Turkey | 13,012 | 8,654 | +50% |
| 36 | Qatar | 11,796 | 2,491 | +374% |
| 37 | Myanmar | 9,143 | 13,978 | -35% |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 8,512 | 8,828 | -4% |
| 39 | Kuwait | 7,702 | 6,309 | +22% |
| 40 | Bahrain | 6,431 | 3,296 | +95% |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 6,011 | 8,126 | -26% |
| 42 | Portugal | 5,306 | 8,113 | -35% |
| 43 | Brazil | 5,116 | 10,035 | -49% |
| 44 | South Africa | 5,018 | 8,553 | -41% |
| 45 | Finland | 4,935 | 8,420 | -41% |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 4,814 | 6,630 | -27% |
| 47 | Macau | 4,470 | 8,429 | -47% |
| 48 | Oman | 4,277 | 2,526 | +69% |
| 49 | Pakistan | 4,202 | 5,793 | -27% |
| 50 | Nepal | 4,050 | 6,018 | -33% |
| 51 | Cambodia | 4,010 | 5,988 | -33% |
| 52 | Greece | 3,381 | 3,849 | -12% |
| 53 | Mexico | 3,269 | 5,154 | -37% |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 2,955 | 6,412 | -54% |
| 55 | Argentina | 2,725 | 3,643 | -25% |
| 56 | Nigeria | 2,292 | 3,439 | -33% |
| 57 | Colombia | 2,034 | 3,386 | -40% |
| 58 | Egypt | 1,408 | 3,210 | -56% |
| 59 | Laos | 1,113 | 1,454 | -23% |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 1,111 | 837 | +33% |
| 61 | Iran | 1,072 | 2,290 | -53% |
| 62 | Peru | 866 | 1,660 | -48% |
| 63 | Jordan | 570 | 1,931 | -70% |
| 64 | Andorra | 253 | 25 | +912% |
| 65 | Venezuela | 172 | 702 | -75% |
| 66 | Nauru | 37 | 93 | -60% |
Where these numbers come from
Philippine Statistics Authority, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, chapter 8 (Tourism), through OpenSTAT: Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence: 2019 to 2024 (0012I2BVAC0); Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence and Mode of Travel: 2022 to 2024 (0022I2BMOT0); Air Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence and Age Group: 2005 to 2024 (0032I2BAVA0); Air Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence and Purpose of Travel: 2009 to 2024 (0042I2BTRP0); Number of Visitor Arrivals, Average Daily Expenditure, Average Length of Stay and Amount of Visitor Receipts: 2003 to 2024 (0052I2BNVA0).
Arrivals count trips, not people: someone who visits twice counts twice. Countries are by where visitors live, not their passport. Ages and reasons for travel come from arrival cards. Average stay and spending are for foreign visitors only, in US dollars.