{"id":32945,"date":"2014-11-27T02:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32945"},"modified":"2014-11-27T02:30:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T18:30:58","slug":"palawan-dubbed-by-online-news-site-as-most-beautiful-island-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/27\/palawan-dubbed-by-online-news-site-as-most-beautiful-island-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Palawan dubbed by online news site as \u2018Most Beautiful Island in the World\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33054\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33054\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg\" alt=\"Coron, Palawan (shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225128794-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coron, Palawan (shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Fresh from being listed by a United States travel magazine survey as the top island destination in the world last month, the island province of Palawan has again received recognition from another well-known US news site, Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Huff Post Travel writer Carly Ledbetter, in an article published on Monday, described the Philippines as an \u201cunder-appreciated\u201d tropical travel destination, especially since it is home to \u201ca hidden piece of paradise\u201d like Palawan.<\/p>\n<p>Ledbetter cited how the small island has \u201cbeautiful blue water mixes with emerald green, jungle-filled mountains that appear to rise up from the ocean, and small fishing villages dot the island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted island-hopping around the Bacuit archipelago for the cliffs, sinkholes and lagoons, venturing to Puerto Princesa for its culinary delights and staying in one of Coron&#8217;s &#8220;otherworldly&#8221; luxury hotels as some of the island\u2019s high points.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from these, she gave credit to the island\u2019s incredible and rare wildlife \u2014 from purple crabs and Philippine mouse-deer to Philippine pangolin, butterflies, and the Palawan bearcat.<\/p>\n<p>She also suggested to readers to try scuba diving in the island since it is one of the \u201cbest spots to scuba dive in the world,\u201d tour Palawan&#8217;s subterranean river or take a bangka or boat to travel between the islands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re pretty sure that after all the biking, swimming and exploring you&#8217;ll do &#8212; you&#8217;ll never want to leave,\u201d the writer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany say the ideal time to head to Palawan is between about October and May, so we suggest booking tickets ASAP,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Palawan accounts for one of the most visited tourist destinations in the Philippines, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the island is featured in the DOT\u2019s official television commercials (TVCs) aired internationally and can also be viewed on video-sharing website, YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Fresh from being listed by a United States travel magazine survey as the top island destination in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":33054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-travel","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32945","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}