MANILA, Philippines - Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte has been named by leading sky travel advisory website Skyscanner as the best of nine “amazing sandbars” in the Philippines.
Others on the list are the Higatangan Island in Biliran province in Eastern Visayas, Manjuyod White Sandbar in Negros Oriental, White Island in Camiguin, Sumilon Island Sandbar in Cebu, Manlawi Island in Caramoan, Snake Island in El Nido, Bulubadiangan
Island in Iloilo and Virgin Island in Bohol.
Palompon Mayor Ramon Oñate, who recently received the “Most Tourism-Friendly Local Government Unit Award” for his town, is ecstatic at Skyscanner’s listing as Kalanggaman Island is the “crown jewel” of tourism efforts in the Northwestern Leyte corridor.
Oñate thanked residents, especially Palompon’s fishermen, for heeding the call to respect nature and help in keeping the island and the seas clean.
He also thanked the Department of Tourism, Leyte Gov. Dominic Petilla, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla and Leyte Fourth District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez for helping Palompon develop its tourism program.