The number of visiting foreigners rose by 12.7 percent to 3.3 million in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, the Tourism department said on Friday.

“For the period of January to June 2017 foreign tourist arrivals rose … to 3.3 million from three million the same period in 2016,” Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said in a statement.

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