Saturday, July 07, 2012

Places : Boracay is World's Best Island of 2012 - Travel+Leisure Magazine


From its No.4 ranking in 2011, Boracay Island jumps to the No.1 spot of the World's Best Islands of 2012 in the Travel + Leisure Magazine readers' survey. Boracay jumps over Santorini of Greece and Bali of Indonesia, which were last year's No.1 and No.2, respectively. 
Besides being a beautiful island, Boracay Island's local residents, is one if not the friendliest in the world. 


Boracay 

Click here for a 360 degrees view of Boracay :
http://www.philippinetourism.us/boracay-aklan/

2012  Ten World's Best Islands 
Rank   '11 NAME                                                        
1            4 Boracay, Philippines                                  
2            2   Bali                                                                  
3           10  Galápagos                                                    
4            9   Maui  
5            5   Great Barrier Reef Islands, Australia     
6            1   Santorini, Greece                                         
7            8   Kauai                                                               
8            7   Big Island, Hawaii                                         
9            6   Sicily, Italy                                                     
10          -    Vancouver Island, British Columbia     


About Travel + Leisure Magazine   www.travelandleisure.com :
Travel + Leisure is a travel magazine based in New York City, New York. Published 12 times a year, it has 4.8 million readers, according to its corporate media kit. It is put out by American Express Publishing Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express Company led by President and CEO Ed Kelly. The company also publishes Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure Family, and Departures magazines.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_%2B_Leisure

Survey Source :
http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2012/islands

Related Link :
http://theprojectreview.blogspot.com/2012/03/places-boracay-takes-no1-spot-as-asias.html

Picture Source :
Department of Tourism
http://www.philippinetourism.us/boracay-aklan/

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