Members of the Tourism Coordinating Council have unanimously approved the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) in a meeting held at the Department of Tourism auditorium recently.
The final version of the plan increased its targets to 6.6 million international arrivals (from 6.3 million) and 34.8 domestic travelers (from 32 million) generating P1.759 billion in total expenditure, contributing 6.78 percent to the gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 6.5 million people by 2016.
This year, the target is 3.7 million foreign tourists.
Get the full story here published by the Philippine Star on July 16, 2011.
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