1.5M China tourists eyed in 2018 – DoT

The Department of Tourism (DoT) aims to lure 1.5 million Chinese tourists to the Philippines this year.

In a statement on Friday, Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Tao said “warming relations between the Duterte administration and the Chinese government, despite the Scarborough territorial dispute,” gave the country a greater advantage in increasing the number of travelers and investments from mainland China.