Tourism share in PH GDP shrank to 8.1% in 2025

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