A tourist-oriented realty firm based here is developing a beachfront property in Donsol, Sorsogon where a world-class resort hotel would rise to boost the tourism industry in the area known as the “Whale Shark Capital of the World”.
Misibis Lands Inc. (MLI), the would be developer is now arranging the acquisition of the property and financing [...]
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Luxury resort to rise in whale shark town in Sorsogon
Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef: Philippines’s largest coral reef
Marine tourism lovers as well as the seasoned local and foreign travelers continue to swarm the jewel of Palawan, that is, the Tubbataha Reef.
Derived from two Samal words meaning “long reef” exposed at a low tide, Tubbataha is the largest coral reef and first natural World Heritage Site of the country.
Tubbataha Reef has been included [...]
Puerto Princesa: Tourist haven of Palawan
Scuba divers, backpackers, trekkers, bird watchers, spelunkers, explorers and, yes, even honeymooners — they all come to Palawan from all over the world to embark on the ultimate adventure of their lives in the deep recesses of nature.
They arrive in droves at Puerto Princesa, and proceed almost immediately to points of destination in Coron, Busuanga, [...]
Davao listed in Department of Tourism’s priority Grassroots Entrepreneurship for Eco Tourism program
Davao is already in the priority for the Greet (Grassroots Entrepreneurship for Eco Tourism) program of the Department of Tourism (DOT).
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano said the details are being finalized but this would come after the three pilot areas are completed. The Davao area will have four sites and two of these are in [...]
International Reality TV adventure filmmakers eye Philippine islands
International adventure film producers of reality game show consider the Philippines as a good site after the 8th edition of “Survivor France” was successfully filmed in Caramoan, Camarines Sur.
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano told Davao reporters that the successful filming of Survivor France led other international producers to consider the islands in the Philippines as [...]
Malapascua Island: Thresher shark capital of the world
by MONTY HALL
“Great Ocean Adventure” TV series
For every moment of these trips spent arguing with a bovine check-in clerk at an airport, or sitting on a loo in a fly-blown hotel as the latest local delicacy thunders exuberantly out of your system, there is an ultimate reward.
As a firm believer in karma, and having [...]
Brooke’s Point in Palawan : Origin of world’s biggest pearl
Brooke’s Point, Palawan : This progressive town is the origin of the Pearl of Allah or the Pearl of Lao Tzu, the biggest pearl in the world.
The Tridacna shell, weighing almost 50 kilos of the clam “pearl†which measures 9.45 inches in diameter and weighs 6.4 kilograms is still being kept at the house of [...]
