Foreign visitors in the country is six percent more compared to last year. A total 4,024,067 visitors came in the country during the nine-month period up to the end of September. The top visitors are the following:

Americans - 466,086
Koreans - 330,154
Japanese - 261,823
Chinese- 136,223

“The influx of tourists could be partly attributed to the bureau's recent reforms such as the lifting of restrictions on the length of stay of foreign visitors in the country,” Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said in a statement.