The Best Islands in Asia 2018

Siargao, Boracay, Palawan rank 1-2-3 in travel magazine’s list of best islands in Asia

ABS-CBN News
11 October 2018

Boracay is scheduled to reopen to tourists late this month. Pictured is Puka Beach, on the island’s western coast, during the rehabilitative period in May. File/Fernando G. Sepe, Jr., ABS-CBN News

The Philippines once again claimed several spots in the annual world ranking of “best islands in the world,” according to travel and lifestyle magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

Siargao, Boracay and Palawan, in that order, took the top three spots in the “best in Asia” subcategory, as determined by the publication’s 2018 Reader’s Choice Awards.

SIARGAO. Picture: kermitsiargao.com

BORACAY. Picture: Philippine Star

PALAWAN. Picture: Stuff.co.nz

Booming Siargao was noted for its surf breaks and white sand, Boracay for its “gentle coastlines and made-for-Instagram sunsets,” and Palawan for its “otherworldly” subterranean river and blue lagoon.

Trailing the islands from the Philippines are Langkawi in Malaysia, and Bali in Indonesia.

This year, the 30-item worldwide list was divided into smaller groups of five, by region: Asia, Australia and the South Pacific, Caribbean and the Atlantic, Europe, North America, and “the rest of the world.”