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2. Dos Palmas kidnappings - Wikipedia

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   Abu Sayyaf. The Dos Palmas kidnappings was a hostage crisis in southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty hostages from the affluent Dos Palmas Resort on a private island in Honda Bay, Palawan, by members of Abu Sayyaf on May 27, 2001, and resulted in the deaths of at least five of the original hostages.

3. Boracay - Wikipedia

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   Boracay ( [bɔˈrakaɪ]; often locally shortened to Bora) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay island. It has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers (3.98 sq mi), under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay, Aklan, and had a population ...

4. Palawan - Wikipedia

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   Palawan (/ p ə ˈ l ɑː w ən /, Tagalog: [pɐˈlaː.wɐn]), officially the Province of Palawan (Cuyonon: Probinsya i'ang Palawan; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa.

5. Coron, Palawan - Wikipedia

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   1705309000. IDD : area code. +63 (0)48. Native languages. Calamian Tagbanwa Kagayanen Palawano Tagalog. Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron ( Tagalog: Bayan ng Coron ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.

6. Coron Island - Wikipedia

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   Coron is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km) southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage.

7. Tourism in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   Tourism is an important sector for the Philippine economy. The travel and tourism industry contributed 8.6% to the country's GDP in 2023; [1] this was lower than the 12.7% recorded in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 lockdowns. [2] Coastal tourism, encompassing beach and diving activities, constitutes 25% of the Philippines' tourism revenue, serving ...