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11 RESONS TO VISIT
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The Baroque Churches of Philippines
is an UNESCO world heritage
site since 1993
- Tubbataha
Reef Marine Park is an UNESCO
world heritage site since
1993
- Rice
terraces of Philippines are
an UNESCO world heritage site
since 1995
- Historic
town on Vigan is an UNESCO
world heritage site since
1999
- Puerto-Princesa
subterranean River National
Park is a world heritage site
since 1999
- To
see the Chocolate Hills an
usual geographical formation
and is composed of 1268 perfectly
cone shaped hills all about
the same size
- Shopping
is extremely cheap, Philippines
has the 3 of the 10 biggest
malls in the world
- The
Philippines is home to very
unique group of animals such
as the world's smallest monkey,
the largest and smallest species
of bats, 5 of the world's
7 species of marine turtles,
the monkey-eating eagle, the
world's smallest hoofed animal,
the pygmy water buffalo and
flying lemurs.
- To
see the hanging coffins: They're
precious tokens from a fabled
past... adding mystic to an
already mystifying place.
- To
see the Banaue rice terraces:
are 2000-year old terraces
that were carved into the
mountains and are commonly
referred to by Filipinos as
the "Eighth Wonder of the
World
- To
see the Mount Mayon: the only
active volcano which has a
symmetric cone and is also
called the Pacific rings of
fire
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GREAT TO KNOW
- Pithecophaga jefferyi
(monkey-eating eagle) is the national
bird of Philippines since 1995
- "Sinarapan" the world's smallest commercial
fish is found in Philippines
- Baguio City is the summer capital of
Philippines
- Philippines composed of 7107 islands
- Philippines is the country that introduced
Karoke to the world
- Filipinos are a friendly people and
are known for their oftentimes excessive
hospitality. Attend a public wedding celebration
in the Cordilleras, or walk through a
town celebrating a fiesta in the Tagalog
region and you'll certain to be invited
to a meal.
- The Philippines is regarded the "text
capital of the world". About 350 to 400
million SMS (Short Message Service) or
text messages are sent daily by 35 million
cell phone subscribers in the country,
which is more than the total daily text
messages sent in the U.S. and Europe,
together.
- Philippines is the world's third largest
English speaking nation after the U.S
and the U.K
- The "Conus Gloriamaris", which the
rarest and most expensive seashell in
the world, is one of the 12,000 species
of seashells found in the Philippines.
And about 488 coral species, out of the
500 coral species known worldwide, are
found in the archipelago.
- Agapito Flores was the famous Filipino
scientist who discovered the fluorescent
lamp that we use today
- Philippines is also known as "Pearl
of the Orient"
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