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Cebu,
top destination of foreign tourists
Cebu
City drew 403,326 international visitors in 2005, making
the "queen city of the south" the top provincial
destination of foreign travelers. Data from the Department
of Tourism (DOT) also showed that Cebu City attracted
1,813 overseas Filipinos and 712,938 domestic travelers
last year.
Total number of travelers in the city went up by 10.5
percent to 1.118 million in 2005 from 1.012 million
in 2004. Arrivals in Cebu are expected to peak in December
2006, when the city hosts the 12th Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leader’s Summit and the 4th
ASEAN Business and Investment Summit.
Government officials and business leaders from Brunei,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam will troop to Cebu
to discuss the future of ASEAN integration.
Also
expected to participate are delegates from Japan, China,
South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, the United
States, and European Union. This early, the 20 hotels
in Cebu have been reporting full occupancy rates, with
the influx of Japanese and Korean tourists, despite
the recent opening of five-star accommodation facilities
like Marco Polo Hotel and Hilton.
Other
large hotels in Metro Cebu include Marriot, Waterfront,
Midtown, Rajah Park, Diplomat, Northwinds, Sarrosa,
Parklane, Crown Regency, GV, Mango Park, Richmonde,
Golden Prince, Metropak, Crowne Garden, Grand Hotel,
Montebello, Century Golden Peak, Holiday Plaza and Century
Plaza.
Aside
from Cebu, other top destinations of international visitors
outside Metro Manila in 2005 were Aklan, the province
which covers the world-class resort island of Boracay,
with 157,638; Laguna, home of the Pagsanjan Falls, with
149,531; Pampanga, where Clark Field is located, with
76,133; and Palawan, with 70,066.
Occupying
the 11th to 20th list of favorite destinations were
Ifugao, site of the Banaue Rice Terraces, Negros Occidental,
Baguio City, Iloilo, Cavite, Negros Oriental, Cagayan
de Oro City, Batangas, Camiguin, and Ormoc City.
Data
showed that some 1.414 million international travelers,
125,476 overseas Filipinos, and 13.631 million domestic
tourists for a total of 15.171 million visited the country's
tourist attractions outside Metro Manila in 2005. The
figure was 15.8 percent higher than the 13.103 million
local and foreign tourists who visited the provinces
last year.
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