Boracay Island is a favorite destination for foreign and local tourists because of its long fine-grained sugar-white sandy beaches lined with palm trees, crystal-clear blue waters and prestine coral reefs perfect for scuba diving. It is located about 350 kilometers south of Manila, the Philippines capital. It is a small island north of Panay Island which is a part of the Visayas group of islands. Boracay Island is slated to host the 2014 Asian Beach Games.

Boracay Island is a world-class vacation destination. It is frequented by, and a favorite hangout of Philippine celebrities. It boasts of modern logding facilities: hotels, resorts and inns together with fine restaurants and bars.

Panay Island is one of the big islands in western Visayas, one of the three island groups in the Philippines. Panay island is divided into four (4) provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. Aklan Province whose capital is Kalibo, is also a popular tourist destination famous for its Ati-atihan festival, an annual festival of tribal dance and costumes held in January to honor the Infant Jesus (Santo Nino).

Boracay Island is situated north of Panay Island separated by a two-kilometer wide strait. One has to go to Caticlan Wharf in Aklan to go to Boracay Island. From the Caticlan Wharf you take a motorized banca to take you to Cagban Beach in Boracay.

There are several ways of transportation available from Manila City. You can take a plane from the Manila International Airport, a ferry from Manila's North Harbor, or a Philtranco Bus from its Manila terminals. You have to get to Caticlan Wharf in Caticlan, Aklan where you can take a motorized boat to Boracay Island.

Aklan has two airports, the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, formerly the Caticlan Airport and the Kalibo International Airport. You can take a plane in Manila from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), formerly Manila International Airport (MIA), destined to either airport. Godofredo P. Ramos Airport is already in Caticlan and so its near the Caticlan Wharf. All you need to take is a ten-minute tricycle ride to get to the Caticlan Wharf. The alternative destination Kalibo International Airport is in Kalibo which about one and half travel by bus or a minivan to Caticlan Wharf. The travel by plane from Manila takes one hour.

If you prefer traveling by land to get to Caticlan, you may take a bus in Manila headed for Roxas City in the Province Mindoro.  From there, you take a short ferry  to Caticlan Wharf.  From the Caticlan Wharf you ride a banca Boracay Island.

It is also possible to travel by sea exclusively from Manila to Boracay Island. You take a ferry boat from the North Harbor of the Port of Manila in Tondo.  The trip lasts for a whole day.  You dock either at Dumaguit port or New Washington port near the Caticlan Wharf.  From there, you take the banca to Boracay Island.

There are many beaches in the island but the two most popular are the White Beach on the western side of the island and Bulabog Beach on the east. The White Beach is the main tourism beach and is lined up with resorts, hotels, cottages, restaurants, and bars. The Bulabog Beach is the beach more popular with windsurfing and kiteboarding.

Swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving. If you want to take scuba diving lesson take a look at Extreme Sports Cafe.

• Surfing and jet skiing
• Volleyball
• Golf
• Spelunking

Corregidor Island - the island at the mouth of the Manila Bay, famous for it historical landmarks.

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Philippine Tourist Spots - The Philippines is a south east asian country adjacent to Malaysia. It's a tropical country consisting of more than seven thousand (7,000) islands and grouped into three regions: Luzon Islands, Visayas Islands, and the Mindanao Islands. Luzon Islands is located north of the Philippines. The Visayas Islands group is at the center and the group of Mindanao Islands is in the south.