El Nido

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Mate, have you been to El Nido?

El Nido? No.

El Nido, mate, it's paradise in the Philippines.

It's one of the most beautiful places.

Did you do a Boracay trip while you were

It's one of the smaller islands, I guess, or less common places to go.

Most people go to El Nido, I think.

And I had found a resort online.

It was truly incredible.

Where else are your professionals based?

Yung mga naiinggit ako, meron nasa El Nido, Palawan, nasa Panglao, Buhol.

There's also people from Sultan Kudarat,

Sarangani.

These people move to El Nido and Panglao for the lifestyle and attractions or they're from there? They're from there.

Okay.

So mayroon din siguro mga tao na, even from Manila, who said, oh, now that I can work anywhere in the world, I'm going to work on the beach.

For years, even domestic travelers have complained that it is less expensive to travel to nearby countries than it is to other places in the Philippines.

Inter-island travel, particularly by air, is significantly more expensive than comparable routes elsewhere in the world, and the prices of services such as transportation, lodging, and food in Philippine tourist areas, particularly the most popular destinations such as Boracay, El Nido, and Panglao, are elevated as well.

When the cost is added to shortcomings in other areas, such as inefficient transportation links and infrastructure and poor internet connectivity, even if one does not encounter price gouging or outright scams, the experience can leave a lot to be desired.

On the other hand, we must take into consideration the tough economics facing the tourism industry at the moment.

It doesn't matter where we're going.

We are within Puerto Princesa, but sometimes we can go up El Nido, Port Barton, go down south at Balabac with all the... fine uh sand islands in balabak so we can go anywhere so that's what we do and we represent uh we are the face of uh palawan tourism especially with my co-tour guide here one of the best tour guides in palawan

i buy you coffee later hi i'm anthea i once hold zoo's heart because my name was derived from latina So yes, it's Anthea.

I've been a licensed tour guide in the Department of Tourism because TPB, where CERVIC is now, is under the DOT or Department of Tourism.

um the cat the main office is in canada

yeah it is that's right

yeah the g adventures but mine is uh for the southeast asia is in violent so yeah i do expeditions maybe you'll be considering that too um the trip can begin in manila for like three days there um we visit the tutulari Gorge Avatar in Pampanga and then nightlife or you know food trip at night and then after that flight to Puerto Princesa City the first day activity will be Underground River this is it this is the backbone of Underground River Then right after the tour, on the same day, we go up to El Nido.

We rest.

The Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 islands with white sand beaches, turquoise water, tropical mountains, and some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere in Southeast Asia.

Just look at El Nido in Palawan, where enormous limestone cliffs rise straight out of the crystal clear turquoise water, surrounded by hidden lagoons and white sand beaches.

Then there's Caron, with its dramatic limestone formations, unbelievable clear lakes, and tiny tropical islands scattered across the sea.

This is the kind of scenery people spend thousands of dollars traveling across the world to experience and if you live in the philippines it's practically in your backyard but here's what makes the philippines especially interesting for this video you can actually live here incredibly cheap and you don't need to live on some remote island in the middle of nowhere to do it look at cebu aloilo and bacolod cebu gives you a great combination of city conveniences hospitals shopping in an international airport while still putting beaches waterfalls and islands within easy reach aloilo is smaller and more relaxed with a beautiful waterfront good infrastructure and some very affordable housing And Bacolod is another inexpensive option with a slower pace of life and easy access to mountains, waterfalls, and countryside.

I'm about to have to grip it, grip it.

Yeah, if you want to look this place up, it's called El Nido, which has some of the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen.

But it had blown up so much with tourists.

Whoa.

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