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The Philippine tourism industry’s contribution to the economy shrank in 2025 as weaker foreign visitor spending weighed on a still-fragile postpandemic recovery.
Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that tourism direct gross value added—the measure of economic output directly generated by tourism-related industries—fell to 8.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 from the revised 8.7 percent in the previous year.
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In value terms, the industry directly generated P2.27 trillion in 2025, down 1.4 percent from the P2.30 trillion recorded in 2024.
