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EACH FILIPINO MAKES TWO TRIPS

AND VISITS TWO PLACES(Results from 2005 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors)

According to the results of 2005 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors(HSDV) conducted by the National Statistics Office and Department of Tourism, 43.5percent (23.7 million) of 54.6 million Filipinos 15 years old and over traveled withinthe country during the period April 1 to September 30, 2005. In general, eachindividual made two trips and visited two places in the country at anytime in the pastsix months.

Of the 23.7 million Filipino travelers during the past six months, about 51percent or (12.1 million) were females. Three out of four travelers belonged to agegroup 15 to 44 years old. Six in every ten travelers were employed (Table 1).

Based on the results of the survey, Filipinos travel mainly to visit relatives orfriends as reported by more than half (55.6 % or 13.2 million) of those who traveled.Three in every ten traveled for pleasure/relaxation while about 13 percent traveledbecause of business purposes (Table 2).

Forty-nine percent, comprising 12.0 million domestic travelers, spentovernight(s) in their places of destination. Four in every ten travelers stayed 2 to 3nights in the place visited. Domestic travelers usually stayed in the house ofrelatives or friends. Of those who traveled during the past 6 months, about 17.0million indicated that they want to travel and visit other places in the next 12 months(Table 3).

Almost 99 percent or 23.5 million domestic travelers had independentdomestic trips. These are the travelers who did not avail of travel package tours.About 17.5 million of these independent travelers, spent about P400 for localtransport either for themselves alone or including those of other family members,relatives or friends. Aside from transport fare, a large number of independenttravelers spent for food and beverages and for shopping amounting to P400 and

P1,100 on the average, respectively. In addition, independent travelers reported anaverage spending of P1,200 for accommodation and about P3,200 for otherexpenses (Table 4).

The most frequently visited place was National Capital Region. Aside fromNCR, the top ten places visited were Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Iloilo, Bulacan,Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Cebu, Pangasinan and Albay (Table 5).

Date of ReleaseSeptember 8, 2006

Republic of the Philippines

Manila

NAT IONAL STATISTICSOFFICE


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JOSEPH H. DURANOSecretary of Tourism

The five attractions frequently visited by the domestic travelers were malls(23.6%), parks (7.4%), churches/shrines/cathedrals (7.3%), beaches/resorts (2.2%),and food chains/restaurants (1.0%).

About 9.0 million households received visitors during the six-month referenceperiod (April to September 2005), representing 51.8 percent of the total 17.4 millionhouseholds in the country (Table 6).

Of these 9.0 million households who received visitors, 49.8 percent receivedday visitors only, 19.2 percent or 1.7 million households received overnight visitorsonly while almost 3 in every ten household received day and overnight visitors.Almost 97 percent of these households received local residents while 2.7 percent ofthe total households became hosts to foreign nationals and Philippine passportholders permanently residing abroad.

TECHNICAL NOTES:

The 2005 Household Survey on Domestic Visitors (HSDV) is a nationwide surveyof households conducted by the National Statistics Office in collaboration with theDepartment of Tourism. This survey gathers data on domestic tourism that are vital tothe effective and efficient development and implementation of tourism plans andprograms.

The 2005 HSDV used one-fourth (about 12,500 households) of the 2003 MasterSample (MS) as rider to the Labor Force Survey. The 2003 MS is multi-stagesampling design consisting of 2,835 primary sampling units and approximately 51,000

households deemed sufficient to provide reliable estimates at the national level.Two types of questionnaires were used for the survey. The HSDV Form 1 or

Household Questionnaire was used to ask for demographic characteristics ofhousehold members, information of visitors received during the past six months andownership of second home. The HSDV Form 2 or Individual Questionnaire, on theother hand, asked for information such as trips made by the members during the pastsix months, details of domestic trips including the most recent package tour andindependent trip, places and attractions visited and intention to travel in the next 12months, among others.

If you want to know more about these statistics, write or call:Household Statistics Department

NSO, P.O. Box 779, Manila, PhilippinesTel. No. (02) 713-2140Fax No. (02) 713-1234

Email: [email protected] more copies, contact:

Databank and Information Services DivisionTel. No. (02) 713-7081

Email: [email protected]

CARMELITA N. ERICTAAdministrator


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