Bohol’s Panglao Island

PANGLAO ISLAND, Bohol – The Province of Bohol and the rest of the Philippines have another achievement to celebrate over as Travel+Leisure, a prestigious travel magazine based in New York, USA, named Bohol’s Panglao Island as one of its top beach destinations in its article ‘Best Secret Beaches on Earth’.

Panglao Island could truly duplicate the popularity of Aklan's Boracay Island.

In the article, Travel+Leisure mentioned that Panglao is home to the classy Ananyana Beach Resort & Spa, which occupies a prime spot on sand that stretches a mile long. At the resort, travelers will be pleased to find a unique lounge outfitted with rattan and abaca furniture, luxe thatched-roof huts that have large bamboo-framed beds and an alfresco restaurant that offers Filipino-Mediterranean dishes.

The magazine also noted that Panglao is a nice place for leisure activities like diving by the drop-off points of Balicasag Island, dolphin watching via a resort boat and having a sunset dinner at Puntod Island.

The beaches in Panglao Island can be considered 'Perfect Getaways' this summer.

Other than Panglao, the article also mentioned Puako, Big Island in Hawaii, Salema in Portugal, Koh Lanta in Thailand, Alagoas in Brazil, Pyla-sur-Mer in France, Cirali Beach in Turkey and Bethany Beach in Delaware to name a few.


About Panglao Island

Panglao Island is located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It has an area of over eighty square kilometers and is rich with many natural spots that include beaches, caves, nature trails and more. The island itself is a popular attraction for both local and foreign tourists, and contributed nicely to Bohol’s growing tourism industry. Other than Ananyana Beach Resort & Spa, Panglao has other nice places tourists can enjoy such as Panglao Island Nature Resort & Spa and Alona Kew Resort.


Discover Panglao

Travelers can take flights that land at Tagbilaran Airport, Tagbilaran City, Bohol. Most flights coming from Manila average just an hour and from Tagbilaran Airport the travel by land going to Panglao takes less than 30 minutes.

Taken from: Bohol’s Panglao Island hailed by Travel+Leisure Magazine

Malaysia

Malaysia is a country that also has plenty of tourist spots in Asia. Malaysia are consists of thirteen states and three federal territories in Southeastern Asia with a total of land area of 329,847 square kilometers. Malaysia's capital city is Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya as the seat of the federal government.

Malaysia's name was adopted in the year 1963 when the Federation of Malaysia, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak had formed the 14 state federation.The Philippines once contemplated to name their state "Malaysia" but Malaysia adopted the name first in 1963 before the Philippines could act further on the matter.

Malaysia was known as one of the fastest growing tourist spots in Asia. There are huge number of tourists from all over the world every year. Some of Malaysia's tourist attractions are Mulu Caves Natural Park. It is known as the longest networks of caves in the world. One of the well known caves Malaysia is the Sarawak Chamber. It is known as the largest underground chamber.

From the point of view of the tourist, beaches are the most popular of all the tourist spots. In Malaysia, there are lot of beaches that can be found.

One good example is the Pantai Cenang. It is known for its fine powdery sand beach fringed by coconut trees and casuarinas and it streches for 2kms and it is lined with a mix of resorts, luxury hotels, chalets and restaurants.

Another tourist spot is the Pantai Merdeka. It is in the Kuala Muda district that is about 30 kilometers from Sungai Petani. Pantai Merdeka atrracts huge numbers of crowds every weekends because of its long, white, sandy beaches.

In Kelantan, tourists can find the beach of the whispering breeze (Pantai Bisikan Bayu). It is located near Semerak in Pasir Putih. It is about 50 kilometers from Kota Baru. Its beach is shaded by tall casuarinas, making it an ideal tourist spot for picnic.

Damai Beach is also one of the wonderful beach can be found in Sarawak Malaysia. A combination of white sandy beaches facing the South China Sea and the luscious tropical rainforest walks and Mount Santubong dominating the horizon. A tourists will certainly be kept amused with the sorts of variety of entertainment pleasures and the glorious variety.

The best regional industrial park was also found in Malaysia. It is located in Port Klang Malaysia. It was previously managed by Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA), however it is taken over and rebranded by local company in 2007.

Philippines

Philippines is one of the most popular tourist destinations due to its 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean and its local climate which is hot, humid and tropical. The Philippine islands are divided into three island groups which is Luzon (Regions I to V, NCR and CAR), Visayas (VI to VIII), and Mindanao (IX to XIII and ARMM). Take a peek at Filipinos' history and cultured mirrored by century-old churches, ancient forts and modern museums. See also the best attractions of white-sand beaches and three-layered virgin forests. With the unsullied beaches, spectacular sunsets, luxuriant pastoral lands, cool mountain weather, brilliant man-made resorts and dazzling island is surely the perfect setting for romance or nature tripping.

If you have not yet been to Philippines, then you must visit one of these quality tourist spots that makes Philippines on of the best asian tourist spots.

Philippine Tourist spots

• Boracay
• El Nido
• Bohol