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Top 10 Foreign Passenger Traffic in 2008

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Last year, the Philippines welcomed 3.13 million visitors from all over the world, up 1.5 percent over 2007’s 3.09 million arrivals. The country’s top tourist markets were:

1. Korea (611,629)
2. United States (578,246)
3. Japan (359,306)
4. China (163,689)
5. Australia (121,514)
6. Taiwan (118,782)
7. Hong Kong (116,653)
8. Canada (102,381)
9. Singapore (100,177)
10. United Kingdom (87,422)

There were more than 12 million international passengers going to the Philippines in 2008 and 1/4 of the international traffic are foreigners while the rest are returning Filipino nationals. International traffic grew at 6% on year on year basis.

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