BI: Passenger arrivals in PH up 6% to 15.6M in 2025

More than 15.6 million travelers arrived in the Philippines in 2025, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Thursday.

Data from the BI showed a total of 15,608,868 passengers entered the international ports of entry from January to December 2025 — 6% higher than the total 14,733,597 passenger arrivals recorded in 2024. 

Of the arrivals in 2025, a total of 6,704,007 were foreigners.

“We are aggressively modernizing our immigration processes—expanding automated systems, upgrading facilities, and strengthening our manpower—to ensure faster, more secure, and more convenient immigration services for travelers,” BI Commissioner Joel Viado said in a news release. 

"These reforms are essential to facilitating legitimate travel for tourists and other travelers,” he said.

The BI will continue to align its programs with the national government’s push for digitalization and efficient public service delivery, while maintaining vigilance against transnational crimes and travel-related abuses, Viado added. —VBL, GMA Integrated News