Some 3.3 million foreign and domestic tourists visited Central Visayas in 2013, despite the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Bohol and Cebu provinces on 15th October and typhoon Yolanda (international code name Haiyan) that devastated Eastern Visayas on 8th November 2013.

The figure represents a 12.45-percent increase from the 2.9 million visitors recorded in 2012 and surpassed the original target of 3.03 million tourists for 2013.

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