2016 household survey on domestic visitors 2016...2016 household survey on domestic visitors...

The 2016 Household Surveyon Domestic Visitors wasconducted to gather data ondomestic and outbound travelsfor policymaking purposes. Thesurvey was administered to around18,000 households and thereference period covered April 1 toSeptember 30, 2016.

3 515 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 & over

28% 24% 19% 14% 9% 6%AGE GROUP

1

On theaverage,

a Filipino traveller had international travel

On the average, a traveler spent about

₱50,800 per international trip

and stayed for nights 17

5.3MFilipino households who

received visitors:

Among theestimated

61% received day visitors only

12%received overnightvisitors only while

27% receivedboth day

and overnight visitors

The median age ofFilipino domestic travellers was

Foreigners Filipinosresiding abroad

Foreignersresiding in

the Philippines

Filipinos

Type of visitors5%

LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D.UndersecretaryNational Statistician and Civil Registrar GeneralPhilippine Statistics Authorityl.bersales@psa.gov.ph; ons@psa.gov.ph

BENITO C. BENGZON, JR.Undersecretary Tourism DevelopmentDepartment of Tourismbcbengzonjr@tourism.gov.ph

Pinoys 15 years old and over travelled within the country

WILMA A. GUILLENAssistant National StatisticianSocial Sector Statistics ServiceSectoral Statistics OfficePhilippine Statistics Authorityw.guillen@psa.gov.ph; socdev.psa@gmail.com

34IN

and each made trips on the average

by Filipino domestic travellers,15 years old and over,whose main purpose

of visit is pleasureor vacation

69% were day visitors

31% were overnight visitors

with an average stay ofnights

PLACESVISITED

2

NATIONALCAPITAL REGIONMOST REPORTED

PURPOSE OF VISIT

MOST FREQUENTLY USED TYPEOF ACCOMMODATION AMONGPLEASURE/VACATION TRAVELS

Pleasure/Vacation

Visitfriends orrelatives

Religion/Pilgrimage

Home offriends/relatives

HotelResort

5

The median age of Filipino outbound travellers was45

Most travellersspent money on

Thesex ratio of

Filipino domestictravellers is

93:100

DOMESTIC TRAVEL

OUTBOUND TRAVEL

VISITORS RECEIVED

Distribution of Filipino domestic travellers by age group

1 95%

COUNTRIES VISITEDT P5

MILAGROS Y. SAYDirectorOffice of Tourism Development Planning,Research and Information ManagementDepartment of Tourismmysay@tourism.gov.ph

CHINA

SINGAPORE

JAPAN

USA

MALAYSIA

(INCLUDINGHONGKONG)

PANGASINANCAVITEQUEZONBOHOLCEBUCAMARINES SURLAGUNALEYTE

Transportationfrom origin to destination

Shopping

Food andbeverage

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

2016 HOUSEHOLD SURVEYON DOMESTIC VISITORS

Philippine Statistics Authority in collaboration with the Department of Tourism