- Table 7.1 - Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence 2007
- Table 7.2A - Hotel Occupancy Report, 2001-2005
- Table 7.2B - Tourists Accomodation & Other Facilities 2005.
- Table 7.3 - Tourist Receipts, Domestic & Foreign, 2000-2007.
- Table 7.4
- Fiestas & Festivals by LGUs.
Tourism Industry holds economic importance to the country particularly in the Province of Negros Occidental. Tourists allocate income to spend for their vacation, leisure, adventure, attendance to special events and other tourism-related activities. There is therefore a need to vigorously pursue the establishment and improvement of tourism facilities and services in the various sites within the province. Success in tourism development means increase in employment and generating revenue for public services. With these perceived benefits, Tourism Development and Promotion has been identified as one of the seven priority agenda of the Marañon Administration.
Tourism statistics can provide information to planners and decision-makers on areas that need improvement. Financial statistics can point to them the facilities and services that generate income in this particular sector.
This chapter presents provincial data on visitor arrivals and their countries of residence/origin, number of hotels and hotel rooms and other accommodation facilities and their occupancy rates. The data sources are the Department of Tourism and the Negros Occidental Tourism Center.
Sectoral HIghlights
The
province’ visitor arrivals for 2007 totaled 505,070. Of this total,
Foreign travelers consisted 1.84 percent while the Domestic travelers
reached 39.25 percent. The total Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)
numbered 2,578 on the same year.
For the last five years, most foreign visitors came from the East Asia Region composed of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and from European countries.
As of 2006, the province had 13 hotels, 20 tourist inns, 52 pension houses and 65 resorts. Out of the 13 hotels, only 6 have been accredited by the Department of Tourism.
An estimated total receipts amounting to Php784,603,720 has been recorded for domestic, foreign, OFW, and excurtionists arrivals.
Glossary of Terms
Domestic Traveler – any person on a trip within his or her own country of residence, irrespective of the purpose of travel and means of transport used.
Domestic Tourist – a person who travels within his or her country of residence to a place out side his or her usual environment and stays at a collective or private accommodation unit for at least one night but not more than one year for a purpose other than the exercise of an activity renumerated from within the place visited.
Domestic Excursionist – a domestic visitor who does not spend even a night in a collective or private accommodation at the place of visit.
Foreign Visitor – aliens entering the country for a temporary stay not exceeding one year and for purposes other than immigration, permanent residence or employment for renumeration in the country
Overseas Filipinos – Filipino nationals residing permanently abroad who are visiting the Philippines for a period not exceeding one year. This excludes overseas contract workers.
THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION CENTER
Provincial Planning and Development Center
Provincial Administration Center
Bacolod City
Philippines 6100