International Ticketing Report 2025

Market Report: Philippines

While the Philippines continues to attract top-tier international talent to events such as Wanderland, PLUS63, and the brand-new 10,000-cap &FRIENDS Festival, widespread scalping continues to plague the country’s live music ticketing sector, but finally, change may be afoot.

Key primary ticketers: Pulp Tickets, SM Tickets, Tickelo, Ticket2Me, TicketNet, Ticketworld (owned by Ticketek) Secondary ticketing situation: In December 2024, a Senate bill titled the Anti-Ticket…

Scalping Act was filed, which would prohibit unauthorised selling, hoarding, or reselling of tickets at more than 10% above the original price.

White label/D2C companies: Total Ticketing

Taxes & charges: VAT: 12%; withholding tax: 25%

 

A draft bill, the Anti-Ticket Scalping Act, now sits before parliament, proposing stiff penalties for touts, including heavy…

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