Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror CHINESE travel to the Philippines is expected to remain sluggish during the upcoming Golden Week national holiday, but they will be staying longer and traveling in smaller groups. In an email to the BusinessMirror, Olivier Ponti, Vice President-Insights for ForwardKeys said, as of September 15, “Forward
CHINESE travel to the Philippines is expected to remain sluggish during the upcoming Golden Week national holiday, but they will be staying longer and traveling in smaller groups.
ForwardKeys, a travel data and analytics company, said total outbound bookings from China as of September 15 for the Golden Week travel period were 39-percent lower than the levels of 2019. ForwardKeys chose a longer period for the analysis “as there was a shift in the travel patterns of Chinese outbound travelers in that they are beginning their trips earlier to avoid the crowds and are also more open to staying longer at their chosen destinations.
The Golden Week, from October 1 to 8, celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China and is usually considered a peak time for travel for Chinese nationals.The Department of Foreign Affairs is currently beta-testing an electronic visa platform in Shanghai to ease the tourist visa application for Chinese nationals bound for the Philippines.
Data from the DOT showed there were 184,171 tourists from China from January to September 18, 2023. That country ranked fourth among the top source markets for tourists after South Korea, which reached 1 million; the United States at 661,903; and Japan at 213,046. After China, tourists from Australia came in fifth at 179,282; followed by Canada at 159,681; Taiwan at 140,787; United Kingdom at 111,324; Singapore at 103,239; and Malaysia at 69,156.
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