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.

Bali was voted Asia’s Leading Wedding Destination, while immersive art museum TeamLab Planets Tokyo claimed the title for Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction.
The World Travel Awards, established in 1993, is regarded as the industry’s ultimate hallmark of quality, according to the Philippine Information Agency.