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==Kidnapping no effect on tourism== | |||
*Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/kidnapping-no-effect-on-tourism/#.TzjT906PXJc | |||
*Feb 13th, 2012 | |||
:by JUN RAMIREZ | |||
Manila, Philippines – The recent abduction of two foreigners in Tawi-Tawi hardly affected the influx of foreign tourists into the country. | |||
According to statistics from the Bureau of Immigration (BI), a total of 83,367 foreigners and Balikbayans arrived in the country from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5, a few days after bandits kidnapped Swiss nationals Lorenzo Vinciguerra and Ewold Horn in Tawi-Tawi. | |||
BI statistics also showed that a total of 19,505 foreigners and Balikbayans arrived at the Ninoy Aquino Interrnational Airport during the four-day period. | |||
On a nationwide scale, the statistics showed that 11,980 Koreans, 9,355 Americans and 5,116 Japanese arrived in the country in the same period. | |||
Chinese nationals are next in the list, followed by Australians, Canadians, Taiwanese, and Malaysians. | |||
BI officials said the statistics prove that there is a continuing influx of foreigners and Balikbayans into the country despite the string of negative travel advisories from Western countries. | |||
They said an average of 10,000 tourists arrived at daily at the NAIA, the country’s premiere port. | |||
Department of Tourism (DoT) officials also downplayed the effect of the advisories, citing the 3.9 million tourists who arrived in the country last year compared to the 3.7 million who came in 2010. | |||
==5,000 comb Tawi-Tawi in search of kidnapped Europeans== | ==5,000 comb Tawi-Tawi in search of kidnapped Europeans== | ||
*http://globalnation.inquirer.net/25581/5000-comb-tawi-tawi-in-search-of-kidnapped-europeans | *http://globalnation.inquirer.net/25581/5000-comb-tawi-tawi-in-search-of-kidnapped-europeans | ||
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He said had they done so, the kidnappers would have made contact by this time. | He said had they done so, the kidnappers would have made contact by this time. | ||
“Probably, they would have made known their demand by now,” Sahali said. | “Probably, they would have made known their demand by now,” Sahali said. | ||
==MNLF linked to abduction of 2 foreigners== | ==MNLF linked to abduction of 2 foreigners== | ||