{"id":32002,"date":"2014-11-18T02:28:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32002"},"modified":"2014-11-18T02:36:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T18:36:16","slug":"2-1m-tourists-visit-central-visayas-in-first-seven-months-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/18\/2-1m-tourists-visit-central-visayas-in-first-seven-months-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"2.1M tourists visit Central Visayas in first seven months of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tourists swimming with whale sharks in Cebu (Shutterstock) DISCLAIMER: It is not advisable to swim closely to whale sharks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CEBU CITY — A total of 2,146,806 local and foreign tourists visited Central Visayas in the first seven months of this year, a Department of Tourism (DOT) 7 report said.<\/p>\n

The report said the figure represents a 2.13 percent increase in tourist arrivals in the region compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Local arrivals grew by 3.05 percent to 1,318,027, while foreign arrivals increased slightly by 0.95 percent or 822,046 compared to the same period in 2013.<\/p>\n

Cebu welcomed 1,580,124 arrivals, up by 2.74 percent.<\/p>\n

Local arrivals increased by 4.96 percent to 889,608 while foreign arrivals dropped by 0.22 percent from 686,332 to 684,832.<\/p>\n

Korea remains the region\u2019s top market despite its drop in arrivals by 4.35 percent or 308,159 from 322,162 arrivals in the same period in 2013.<\/p>\n

Japan came second with a 6.65 percent growth in arrivals from 115,457 to 123,137.<\/p>\n

Arrivals from Canada declined by 28.24 percent from 19,656 to 14,106 in the first seven months this year.<\/p>\n

The rest of the region\u2019s top source markets registered growth.<\/p>\n

Arrivals from the US grew by 13.17 percent to 79,946 while China grew by 8.04 percent from 36,061 in 2013 to 38,959 this year.<\/p>\n

Australia, on the other hand, logged 28,248 arrivals, up by 8.52 percent.<\/p>\n

Arrivals from the United Kingdom posted the highest growth at 35.67 percent from 15,260 to 20,704.<\/p>\n

Germany grew 6.22 percent, France at 5.81 percent and Singapore at 17.34 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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