菲律賓旅游部長雷蒙•吉梅內斯日前向媒體透露，去年來菲旅游的中國游客人數估計不到20萬，遠低于菲旅游部原先設定的吸引45萬名中國游客的目標。
Manila (CNS) –Less than 200,000 Chinese tourists visited the Philippines last year, far fewer than the target of 450,000 set by the Philippine Department of Tourism, the country's tourism minister Ramon Jimenez has said.
The decline was caused mostly by the Philippine government's refusal to stamp visas in Chinese passports bearing a controversial map of the South China Sea, according to a local TV station.
In 2011, China was the country's fourth largest source of tourists, accounting for 6.2 percent of its foreign visitors.
To solve the passport issue, our tourism department is coordinating with the foreign affairs department to lure more Chinese visitors, said Jimenez.
Copyright ©1999-2011 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
