When will people visit the Philippines again like before?

Of course this question is linked to money.
When will flights become cheap enough for people to visit in numbers like it was before Covid-19, which was over 3 years ago?
As we all know, finances have been hit by higher energy bills too.

I'v noticed some tourist milling about town, Mainly back-packers but nothing like pre covid.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1097216/philippines-tourist-arrivals-by-country-of-residence/

And food... and for most they now have to frequent the office again and pay for travel and food out etc etc.

Looks bloody dire for people in the UK, when are the ordinary people there going to rise up and kick the privileged classes out?

Those sort of flight costs will continue to deter families visiting from Europe, Jim, which is a shame.
If flights are not full, they will have to re-think their pricing strategy, and for this reason I expect costs to decrease over time.

Some interesting figures in this linkhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Philippines

Interesting they note the PI lags behind other SEA countries,I never found the service or prices as good in pinas,nor the food,before the INSTA generation I would have put most visitors to the PI as returning pinoys with foreign passports and their spouses.
One of the attractions on that link is Mt Apo,I have done it but I bet 99% of tourists haven’t.

If I had a choice now there are plenty more Asian countries I would want to see before returning to the Philippines.

I will revisit the Philippines maybe once more,then that’s it.Her indoors family are in the states and Canada,likewise the people we care about got out of the PI.
It doesn’t really have culture or food that appeal or attract,not compared to most other Asian countries,lots of other countries on the globe to see.

I won't be going back there either. Once more tops. It's expensive and I want to see more places.

Plane ticket prices will keep going up. Oil cartels and plane cartels make sure of it. It's a shame PAL stopped LHR- MLA, I always thought that would be a highly used route.

I think most other Asian countries like to generate forex from tourism whereas RP relies on the OFW's for that.

Most people, westerners that is, only keep going back because their wives want to holiday there for family, apart from that or someone wanting a specialist Diving holiday it doesn't really offer much compared to countries like Thailand with real culture, good food, and very tourist friendly.

Yes that was the debate my wife and I had last trip, go back to see her eldest daughter or go elsewhere we plumbed for elsewhere and we all had a new travel experience.

My wife has just returned from visiting her family on Mindanao, she commented on how prices in general had increased since she was last their pre covid, I declined to go with her mostly because of the travel time to get to the Philippines and I'm begining to feel my age now, 2 days travelling no longer appeals to me, then what would I actually do whilst I was their ?, after all my wife was spending her time with family and friends, I very much doubt that I will visit the Philippines again though never say never.

I love to go there, but it is a long day when everyone is speaking in their language and you feel a bit left out. My wife's parents have passed on, and she has bros and sisters there. When you're looking at the best part of £3k to get there, then the expenses, and the big family meals, and so on - and there's a lot more of the planet I'd like to see before WW3 breaks out, it's getting hard to get enthusiastic. I love it when I am there, but I seldom like the idea of going there.

I used it when they were B777s and amazing planes. I can't imagine how crap a journey would be if everyone is watching the same screen. It was cheaper for me than Singapore air at the time.

the more i hear about the place--the less i would ever consider going there.