On January 24, local time, Josephine Cabalus, director of the Tourism Bureau of Bohol Province of the Philippines, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that since 2015, among all foreign tourists received in Bohol Province, Chinese tourists The proportion ranked first for five consecutive years.
In 2019, 365,000 Chinese tourists traveled here, accounting for 50.7% of the total number of foreign tourists received by the province.
Josephine Caballus said that Chinese tourists are very welcome to return to Bohol, and we will also "welcome Chinese tourists with open arms".
Bohol is the tenth largest island in the Philippines. It consists of the main island and more than 70 small islands around it. It is one of the country's well-known resorts.
Its main island, Bohol, has the famous Chocolate Hills; Panglao Island, southwest of Tagbilaran City, is famous for diving and is often listed as one of the top ten diving sites in the world.
In addition, the Philippine tarsier, one of the smallest primates in the world, also lives here.
Diving, beaches and various natural landscapes have attracted a large number of Chinese tourists to come here for leisure and vacation before the epidemic.
(Reporter Zhang Xinglong made Yue Ziyan)
Responsible editor: [Peng Dawei]