NATIONWIDE daily arrivals kept rising amid the holiday season, the Bureau of Immigration said.
Data from the BI shows that 51,390 arrivals were recorded in all international airports in the country on December 1. It then increased to 59,541 on December 22 and 58,993 on December 23.
More than 85% of passengers arrived via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The BI also tallied 31,408 departures on December 23, far from the 25,759 processed on the first day of December.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco assured travelers that they are always fully manned and have deployed rapid response teams and augmentation teams to ensure efficient immigration processing.
Tansingco also asked arriving Filipinos to use the e-gates for faster immigration clearance.
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