The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper
Cebu, Visayas proclaimed Best Islands in Asia
CEBU PROVINCE proves to be a place which has stayed in the heart and mind of travelers when travel itself began to be out of reach in 2020 in the face of a pandemic.
Cebu and the Visayas topped in 2020 Readers’ Choice survey for best islands in the Asian Region by the international travel magazine “Conde Nast Traveler.” A photo of the prestigious magazine was posted on his Facebook page by Regional Director Shalimar Hofer Tamano, of the Department of Tourism.
Cebu and the Visayas beat Sri Lanka, Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand, Palawan, Philippines; and Siargao, Philippines. “Conde Nast Traveler proclaims Cebu & Visayas number one. Congrats!” Tamano said in his post.
Cebu, Boracay and Palawan already took spots in the past Readers’ Choice surveys, but this is the first time that Cebu and the Visayas took the plum.
Cebu and the Visayas have been voted best in Asia with a score of 95.83 percent, Sri Lanka at 95.45%, Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand with 95.30%, Palawan with 95.22% and Siargao at 95.19% as shown by the November 2020 issue of the said magazine citing 600,000 survey respondents worldwide.
The survey ranked the 35 best islands in the world outside the United States from
far-flung stunners in Southeast Asia to volcanic outcrops in the Mediterranean.
For its 33rd annual survey this year, the choices are done by region: Best of Asia, Best of Australia and the South Pacific, Best of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, Best of Europe, Best of North America, and Best of the Rest in the World.
“Condé Nast” is a global media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired and Architectural Digest (AD), Condé Nast Traveler and La Cucina Italiana, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Latin America, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with additional license partners throughout the world.
Founded in 1909 by American publisher Condé Montrose Nast, after his purchase of a weekly society gazette from New York called Vogue, Condé Nast Magazine has since grown to become a benchmark of publishing quality travel content known across the globe. (Eleanor Valeros)