BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters Life!) – Boracay is not the secluded, quiet island it used to be, but its picture-perfect White Beach still can’t be beat for a weekend getaway.
With over 150 resorts, restaurants and bars cheek-by-jowl on the sands, tourists are spoilt for choice.
Here are some recommendations by Reuters correspondents with local knowledge on how [...]
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Boracay
2007 tourist arrivals in Boracay up by 7.67 %
Boracay Island tourist arrivals increased by 7.67 percent last year when compared with 2006.
The tourist arrivals posted at 596,707 domestic and foreign tourists generating a total of P10, 969,503,463.80 in tourism receipts. Of the 596,707 tourist arrivals, 359,433 were domestic tourists, 208,870 were foreign tourists and 28,404 were overseas Filipinos.
The year 2006 only registered 554,181 tourist [...]
Microtel Boracay Inns and Suites: Perfect Weekend Hideaway
Microtel Boracay’s Room with a View
Our second day in Boracay was a bit rainy. I was quite disappointed because I wanted to take photos of the beach without too much crowd and of course without the humid temperature.
After our breakfast, we were supposed to go Island Hopping but it was postponed and moved on the [...]
Boracay is the World’s Most Popular Beach according to Yahoo! Travel
Yahoo! Travel just announced The World’s Most Popular Beaches of 2007, Topping the list is our very own Boracay Island in Aklan and on the number three (3) spot is Cebu also in the island of Visayas. Heres the complete list of Yahoo! Travel Most Popular Beaches of 2007:
1. Boracay Island, Philippines
2. Nassau, The Bahamas
3. Cebu, [...]
Microtel Boracay : Travel Blogger’s Weekend Hideaway
It was a sunny Friday when we left Manila Domestic Airport via South East Asian Airlines at around 8:30am. I was with a group of travel bloggers for a Boracay familiarization tour organized by Abe which was made possible by Microtel Boracay, Seair and Zuzuni Boutique Hotel and Restaurant.
Me and Gail Villanueva (www.kutitots.com ) Boracay Arrival (photo [...]
Zuzuni Boracay Hotel and Restaurant
All the while after getting our Boracay itenerary, I thougt our second night dinner will be at a Japanese Restaurant. I was surprised when I found out that Zuzuni Boracay is actualy a Greek restaurant.
Aileen, the tall and beautiful Zuzuni Hotel Manager explained to us why this boutique hotel and restaurant was named Zuzuni. Zuzuni is Greek word which means [...]
