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Welcome to the Philippines!

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Philippine Tourism AVP

WOW Philippines
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My Top Favorites

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Come Let's Travel -WOW! Tara Byahe Tayo

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Philippine Islands

Philippines' Best Beaches
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Experience the Philippines!

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Travel Philippines: Calamianes Islands, Palawan

About WOW Philippines

As a Filipino citizen living in the Philippines, I was able to witness the poverty on its tightening grip over my country right now. I was inspired by the Department of Tourism's commercials on the televesion. I created this YouTube channnel exclusively to promote Philippine Tourism. I am hoping that I can somehow help endorse Philippine Tourism thru the use of YouTube via the videos on this site.

Tourism is a great way to help strengthen our already battered economy. Keep supporting Philippine Tourism and the Philippines! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

I will be posting my videos as soon as I am done with them.

Come and visit the Philippines and discover that its more than the usual...

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Apr 28, 2009

Date Joined

Apr 27, 2009

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The Philippines is made up of 7,107 islands covering a land area of 115,739 sq. m. (299,764 sq. km.). Main island groups are Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Capital is Manila. Time Zone is GMT + 8 hours.

CLIMATE
March to May is hot and dry. June to October is rainy, November to February is cool. Average temperatures: 78°F / 25°C to 90°F / 32°C; humidity is 77%.

POPULATION
There are a total of 76.5 million Filipinos as of the latest national census in May, 2000. Population growth is estimated at 2.36 percent annually. Luzon, the largest island group, accounts for more than half of the entire population.

LANGUAGES
Two official languages --- Filipino and English. Filipino which is based on Tagalog, is the national language. English is also widely used and is the medium of instruction in higher education.

Eight (8) major dialects spoken by majority of the Filipinos: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinense.

Filipino is that native language which is used nationally as the language of communication among ethnic groups. Like any living language, Filipino is in a process of development through loans from Philippine languages and non-native languages for various situations, among speakers of different social backgrounds, and for topics for conversation and scholarly discourse. There are about 76 to 78 major language groups, with more than 500 dialects.

RELIGIONS
Some 83% of Filipinos are Catholic. About 5% are Moslem. The rest are made up of smaller Christian denominations and Buddhist.

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WOW Philippines

Welcome to the Philippines!

My Top Favorites

Experience the Philippines!