East Asians top Boracay tourist arrivals in 2012

Tourists from East Asian countries topped the number of foreign tourists who visited this resort island in 2012.
In a document released by the Aklan Provincial Tourism Extension Office Friday, South Korean tourists continue to top foreign tourists arrivals here.
Statistics revealed that both foreign local and foreign tourists reached an unprecedented record of 1,206,252. Of this number 473,286 were foreign tourists arrivals; 690,872 were domestic and the remaining 42,094 were overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
Korean tourists ranked number one with 156,445 followed by Taiwan with 92,209. Mainland China were at the third spot with 82,358.
All of the three top foreign tourist arrivals were from East Asia countries.
Tourists from the United States of America came fourth with 18,283; fifth from Australia with 14,473 tourists; sixth were Russian tourists reaching the records of 13,725; Sweden came seventh with 8,382; Hong Kong reaches 7,439 at the eight spot; and Germany was ninth with 7,407.
Japanese tourists ranked tenth with 7, 327.
The provincial tourism targets 1.5 million tourists this year 2013 anticipating an increase of tourism arrivals coming from China and Russian countries.