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Boracay is world's best beach for sunbathing, surfing

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December 19, 2025

World-famous Boracay Island has been picked by readers of an international travel magazine as the world's best beach for sunbathing and surfing.

- By TARA YAP

Boracay is world's best beach for sunbathing, surfing

THE famous stretch of white beach in Boracay Island. (Tara Yap)

(Tara Yap)

Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards 2025 ranked the country's most famous beach destination in Malay town, Aklan province as the best for “sunbathing, surfing, and doing absolutely nothing.”

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