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Sef Gutierrez
With its world-renowned underground river, the island of Palawan in the Philippines emerged as the top island destination in a poll by an award-winning US travel magazine.
Beating 147 other islands throughout the world, Palawan was voted as “Top Island in the World” in the 27th annual Readers’ Choice Awards of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
The magazine announced the results on its website Monday October 20 (US Time) after over 76,600 readers cast their votes.
Palawan was given a rating of 88.750 by the readers owing mostly because of the declaration of the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world.
“Palawan’s natural wonder is one of the longest underground rivers in the world, traveling...
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