{"id":171128,"date":"2018-07-15T21:54:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T01:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=171128"},"modified":"2018-07-15T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T01:54:25","slug":"palawan-cebu-named-among-best-islands-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/15\/palawan-cebu-named-among-best-islands-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Palawan, Cebu named among best islands in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63228\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_229079392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63228\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_229079392.jpg\" alt=\"Their 15 Best Islands in the World for 2018 listed Cebu as 8th with a score of 89.10 and Palawan as 6th with 90.04. (Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_229079392.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shutterstock_229079392-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Their 15 Best Islands in the World for 2018 listed Cebu as 8th with a score of 89.10 and Palawan as 6th with 90.04. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; Two Philippine islands were named among the best in the world by the 2018 poll of New York-based Travel+Leisure magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Travel+Leisure conducted its annual World\u2019s Best Awards survey, where its readers share insight on best travel experiences around the globe, from top cities, islands, cruise ships, spas and airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Their 15 Best Islands in the World for 2018 listed Cebu as 8th with a score of 89.10 and Palawan as 6th with 90.04.<\/p>\n<p>Palawan in 2013 and 2017 scored the top spot among the 15 contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Travel+Leisure noted that Palawan was even hailed as &#8220;single most beautiful place on Earth,&#8221; with its hospitable locals, world-class scuba diving spots and unspoiled beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Cebu, a regular lister, also ranked 6th in the 2018 Asia&#8217;s Best Islands conducted by the same magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Replacing Palawan&#8217;s spot was Java, Indonesia which scored 95.28 points. Java made its first appearance on the list this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; Two Philippine islands were named among the best in the world by the 2018 poll of New York-based Travel+Leisure &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":63228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[53343,53342],"class_list":["post-171128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-best-islands-2018","tag-travelleisure","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}