The Department of Tourism has hosted a high-level convergence meeting to discuss visa reforms aimed at increasing entry into the country for international tourists, particularly from India and China.
Frasco sees electronic visas as a way to make travel seamless and boost entry from India.
The DOT also highlighted the potential of the Chinese market, as China currently has a population of over 1.4 billion, with 160 million Chinese citizens traveling to various countries. To meet the low target of half a million Chinese tourists, 1,704 visas need to be issued per day. For a medium target of a million Chinese tourists, 3,409 visas per day are needed, while a high target of two million Chinese tourists would require 6,818 visas per day.
The convergence meeting included representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs , Department of Information and Communications Technology , Department of Justice , Bureau of Immigration, and other government agencies.The meeting aimed to address the bottlenecks preventing the Philippines from fully unlocking the potential of international tourism.
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