After dropping down to top 20 last month, the Philippines’ four candidates for the New 7 Wonders of Nature are currently showing a strong presence, landing on the top 11 live online ranking of 77 nominees from around the globe.
As of September 29, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is at no. 1, Chocolate Hills [...]
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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River no. 1
Pearl Farm: The south’s jewel resort
Pearl Farm Beach Resort which lies in a secluded cove on palm-fringed Samal Island (now known as the Island Garden City of Samal) off the coast of Davao City, is one of the country’s up market today.
The 11-hectare Pearl Farm Beach Resort was once a pearl farm in 1958, the Aguinaldo Pearl Farm, where thousands [...]
VIP Boracay transfers
South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) is now offering complimentary transfers to all its passengers bound for Boracay. VIP service will be given all SEAIR passengers by SEAIR transfer coordinators from the point of their arrival at Godofredo Ramos Airport (Caticlan airport) to their boat’s docking at the Cagban or Tambisaan Jetty Port in the island [...]
Kalesa : Traversing the busy streets of Manila
I usually ride kalesa whenever Im having a hard time flagging down a cab or when some areas in Manila are flooded. Last Friday, I went to SM Manila to get my business cards printed out and to have a late lunch. Since the sky was gloomy I decided to go home after running my errand but it was too [...]
Luxury resort to rise in whale shark town in Sorsogon
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 [...]
Ifugao revives over 2,000 year-old rice festival
Ifugao Governor Teodoro Baguilat Jr. on Monday described the success of the recent “Bakle” week-long festival or thanksgiving for bountiful rice harvest have not only inspired farmers to produce more of the staple food but also now listed in the festivals in the highlands which will soon attract more tourists.
2,000 years old Rice Terraces in [...]
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 [...]
