Vigan awarded: "Best Management Practice in World Heritage"...

Vigan in the Philippines has been awarded: "Best Management Practice in World Heritage".

The beautiful Spanish colonial city of Vigan in Northern Luzon Island (Philippines) has been acknowledged  by UNESCO as a model of best practices in World Heritage site management. A proud achievement for the small city, one of Southeast Asia’s most charming historical places...

Read more about this fine achievement HERE... 

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Philippines Promoted at World Travel Market Once Again...

What a great day we had yesterday at the World Travel Market in London. This is an annual event that we very much enjoy attending.

Monday is Press Day, and generally by invitation only. It was good to catch up with friends from the Philippines Department of Tourism, as well as suppliers who had made the journey from Manila to be on the Philippines stand.

Here's to a successful few days for everyone concerned!

Travellers say Boracay is THE Best Island in the World...

The tiny tropical island of Boracay in the Philippines is making a big splash. After debuting at No. 4 in the World’s Best Awards last year, Boracay has now taken the top prize, appealing to travellers with its natural beauty and still-under-the-radar status...

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-30-best-islands-in-the-world-2012-10#1-boracay-philippines-1

Philippine Trails M.D., Nigel Sutherland was recently invited to contribute an article to GotSaga.

Here's what he came up with!

Top 10 Destinations in the Philippines...

See the full article HERE...

The Philippines Most Northerly Islands of Batanes

The wind swept northerly islands of Batanes are as beautiful as they are enchanting, and quite unlike any other in the Philippines. Its native Ivatans are descended from Austronesians who migrated here 4000 years ago.

The Batanes ladscape is quite distinct from any other part of the Philippines with steep cliffs, rolling hills, deep canyons and boulder-lined shores. Here you really are at one with nature.

Compared to the rest of the country, the Batanes weather is rather pleasant, and it has an almost temperate climate from December to February.

Read more about Batanes here...

The Beauty of the Philippines in 50 Stunning Photos...

Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Philippines is the home of heavenly landscapes, exotic flora and fauna and a relaxed people, who love festivals and tourists.

Click HERE to see a blog that has a wonderful collection of 50 stunning photos...

Boracay is ‘World’s Best Overall Island’...

The island of Boracay romped away with one of the World’s Best Overall awards as Top Island at last week’s Travel+Leisure’s 17th World’s Best Awards held at the Conrad Hotel. 

Boracay received a score of 93.1, followed by Bali, Indonesia, which ranked second in the category, with 90.41. Galapagos (Ecuador), Maui (Hawaii) and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia) complete the top five.

“We’re so happy. Boracay is eager and ready to get that prominence and status. Hopefully, with these awards, more and more tourists would come to the country,” said Vernie Velarde-Morales, Department of Tourism’s director in Chicago and concurrently Officer-in-Charge of the DOT Office in New York.

Boracay was also named the Top Island in Asia, while one of the island’s more popular luxury resorts, Discovery Shores, was named Asia’s Top Hotel Spa.

Read the full article HERE...