Philippines beaches, Palawan on Conde Nast spotlight

MANILA, Philippines — Coron and El Nido in Palawan and Boracay in Aklan have once again put the Philippines on the global beach map as they landed among the world’s top beaches in Condé Nast Traveler’s lat-est list.

In the 29th edition of its Readers’ Choice Awards, Coron ranked fourth with a score of 93.32, followed by Boracay in eighth place with 91.49 and El Nido in 10th place with 91.27.

Ao Nang Beach in Thailand was the other Asian destination on the list. The remaining beaches were in the Maldives, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, Curaçao, the Bahamas, Mexico, French Pol-ynesia, Turkey and Costa Rica.

Condé Nast Traveler also recognized Palawan and Boracay among the best islands in Asia, citing their sustainability points.

Palawan topped the ranking with a score of 98.99, while Boracay placed seventh with 94.29.

They were joined by Phu Quoc and Con Dao in Vietnam; Koh Lanta, Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand; Langkawi in Malaysia and Bali and Lombok in Indonesia.

Condé Nast Traveler said thousands of respondents evaluated hotels, resorts, cities, islands, spas, ski resorts, airlines, airports, trains, cruise lines, villa rentals, tour operators and in-flight beauty brands from April 1 to June 30.