CDNTopStories: The Philippines was named as the Best Overseas Diving Area in the Marine Diving Awards 2020, tourism officials announced. Read more: CDNDigital
Sardine Run |photo by Cebu Moalboal Adventures
“Garnering 814 out of the 3,572 total votes cast by subscribers of the Marine Diving Magazine, the Philippines was number one for the first time in the Overseas Diving Category,” the DOT said. “Marine Diving Magazine cited the diving sites in Cebu, Bohol, Moalboal, and Busuanga which are teeming with whale sharks, snappers, dugong, other big fishes, large schools of sardines and long mackerels, and other rare and endemic species,” DOT said.
Moalboal is a fourth-class municipality located approximately 85 kilometers southwest of Cebu City and is host to several diving sites off its coasts.Malapascua Island, on the other hand, belongs to the town of Daanbantayan that is located on the northernmost tip of Cebu island. The island gained popularity among diving enthusiasts due to the presence of thresher sharks around it.
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