DoT gives up 2018 tourist targetBy NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOShome/News/Nation/DoT gives up 2018 tourist targetThe Department of Tourism (DoT) on Thursday said it was not confident of reaching its 7.4 million tourist arrival target for the year, as the industry faced heavy losses over the Boracay Island shutdown in April. Though it has been increasing, we have to admit that the closure of Boracay, of course it’s the top tourist destination,” Puyat told reporters. Puyat, however, said that this year’s foreign visitor arrival target had already surpassed last year’s by 7.43 percent. Data from the DoT showed that from January to October 2018, foreign tourist arrivals reached 5,880,895, higher than last year’s 5,474,310. Bengzon said it should be understandable for the DoT to miss its target as Boracay generates the lion’s share of the country’s tourism revenue.

Source: Manila Times December 14, 2018 16:52 UTC