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Luxury and lifestyle travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler named Boracay, Cebu, and Palawan as the top three best islands in the world. The winners were determined via a survey done for the Readers’ Choice Awards in 2017 where 30,000 travelers from all over the world participated in.

Booking and travel review site TripAdvisor recently named White Beach in Boracay and Nacpan Beach in El Nido as two of the ten best beaches in Asia in its 2018 Travellers’ Choice Awards.  

Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines, becomes the first city from the country to be included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Baguio City is also often dubbed as a haven for artists and creatives, all involved in the advancement of the different constituents of the arts, including indigenous and folk art. Many notable sculptors, painters, and filmmakers call the City of Pines their home.