The Philippines, with a coastline stretching more than 36,000km (22,400 miles), cemented its reputation for beach holidays in Asia after being named – once again – as the best beach, dive and island destination in the 2025 World Travel Awards gala ceremony on Monday.
This year’s Asia’s Leading Beach Destination award was the country’s eighth, ABS-CBN reported. The Philippines also scored its seventh consecutive recognition as Asia’s Leading Dive Destination and back-to-back victory as Asia’s Leading Island Destination.
Its Department of Tourism was named Asia’s Leading Tourist Board, while Boracay was Asia’s Leading Luxury Island Destination and Clark Freeport Zone took Asia’s Leading Meetings and Conference Destination award.
