Popular surfing destination Siargao in the Philippines has been named readers' choice for Best Island in Asia by lifestyle magazine Condé Nast Traveler. Among the 85 islands chosen, three Philippine beaches made it to the travel website's list, with Surigao Del Norte's teardrop-shaped surfing paradise of Siargao topping the Asia category with a rating of 97.77. Siargao is followed by Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands (97.67) and Palawan (97.54) in third place.
Following Palawan are Indonesia's Bali (94.37), Sri Lanka (94.32), Malaysia's Langkawi (93.96), Thailand's Koh Samui (93.33), and Boracay (93.26) at the eighth spot (93.26). Thailand's Phuket Beach came in last.
The list also includes islands in the United States, Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, Europe, and Central, South, and North America.
Europe’s top island is Hvar, Croatia (96.56), the Caribbean's is St. Barts (94.29), the South Pacific's is Bora Bora (93.85), South America's is Islas Secas, Panama (95.22), and the US' is Hilton Head Island (94.26).
Africa's Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique was rated the highest (98.20) among the 85, followed by Cape Breton in Canada (97.97), Siargao, Raja Ampat Islands, and then Palawan.
Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards are determined by the results of a travel survey answered by over 20,000 readers around the world. According to the website, this year, the list "reflects the places that travelers yearned for the most and the ways in which the tourism industry has slowly begun to reopen."
(Conde Nast Traveler)
I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan"
I give lectures to students in lectures nationwide, sharing on full range of issues, from economy, to diplomacy
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