Category: Destination

Camiguin Island, known for its lanzones festival, offers white-sand beaches, spring resorts and magnificent caves untouched by industrial development. The island lies off the north coast of Mindanao. Aside from its beaches, Camiguin boasts...

Residents of Boracay Island and the province of Aklan have expressed their opposition to a plan of a company to establish a casino on the resort island.  The protesters, led by church groups, called on the government to reject any application to operate “all forms of casinos” on Boracay.  Before this, the local government of Malay town, which has jurisdiction over Boracay, has endorsed two applications for operating a casino and a “junket operation” in Boracay.  

Boulevard Holdings Inc. (BHI) will revive construction of a resort in popular tourism destination Puerto Galera by February 2015.   The construction of Friday's Puerto Galera Hotel was delayed because of Typhoon 'Yolanda', which...

Nueva Valencia, Guimaras – An Italian couple on a two-month holiday in the Philippines chose to include this paradise in their itinerary and stayed at the Raymen Beach Resort in December 2006, unperturbed by news about the oil spill that brought the island province to world attention in August of the same year. "We are just here to see good beaches," said the Boldo couple, who are just among the hundreds of foreign guests who kept coming to Guimaras even in the aftermath of the infamous oil spill. Guimaras has 238.3-kilometer coastline, with long stretches of white, powdery sand considered among the finest in the world.

BORACAY (December 25, 2006) – Most hotels in this resort island reported full occupancy rates during the Christmas holiday, just two weeks after typhoon Seniang, internationally known as Utor, left a trail of destruction on the island and the province of Aklan.

Subic Bay

Subic, the former US naval base in the Philippines, is now a hub for commerce and tourism. Just two-and-a-half hour drive north from Manila, Subic offers a full view of the blue mountain and sea and of the green background of a three-layered virgin forest.

Parks and Zoos in the Philippines

From the CCP complex, one can proceed to Nayong Pilipino. This 32-acre theme park is also just a 10-minute drive from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The park features scaled-down replicas of the country's top tourist destinations such as Mayon Volcano, the Banaue Rice Terraces and the Chocolate Hills.
 

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in Palawan has successfully landed on the top 77 nominees on the New 7 Wonders of Nature (N7WN) international poll. Organizers of the N7WN reported that the top 77 were chosen out of the 261 contenders, after the second phase of the worldwide voting ended in July 7, 2009.

"The success of this campaign wouldn't have been possible without the Filipinos' worldwide support.  We are grateful to the people who voted and heeded our call to promote one of our national treasures," said Tourism Secretary Ace Durano.

According to the N7WN report, from the top 77 nominees, only 28 Official Finalists will be chosen by the N7WN's Panel of Experts.  The announcement of the 28 selected finalists will be made in Zurich at the New7Wonders Foundation headquarters on July 21, 2009 at 12.07 GMT.

Cebu was cited as the “Best Honeymoon Destination” during the World Trade Fair 2010 in Shanghai, China, according to a report by BusinessMirror.  Tourism Secretary Ace Durano welcomed the award which was given by the Shanghai Tourism Municipal  Administration, VNU Exhibitions Asia and Shanghai International Conference Management Organisation.

The Philippines has some of the best islands with white sand beaches in the Pacific Ocean.  These idyllic resort islands and white sand beaches are spread across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.  Some of the best Pacific white sand beaches are in northern Luzon, including the white beaches in Batanes, Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte and Palaui Island in Cagayan province.