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Philippine Coral Reefs on the Rocks

Local Pinoy scientists who diligently watch and monitor Philippines under sea wealth of natural resources, recently reports a breaking news of pending under sea catastrophe that will explode under the Philippine area of responsibility causing the dearth of marine life in the Philippine seas wherein eventually it will affect greatly Philippine Marine Industry and Philippine Tourism industry. Soon, if this pending under sea danger is left un check, there would be no more “galunggong” and “tilapia” on every Pinoy’s plate and no more fishing and scuba activities. Yap the continual bleaching coral reefs will wipe out and rift off the Marine life on the Philippine waters if left unsolved. It is indeed a catastrophe in the making and that need Philippine utmost attention.

Bleaching Coral Reefs

So, what is this bleaching effect all about? According to marine expert, it is the whitening of coral reefs from once techno-color features and characteristics into a loss of vibrant colors. The loss of vibrant colors and turning into whitish color connotes illness and lack of life and vigor and a nearing death or demise. If coral reefs shrink to death, what will happen to the fish and aquatic life that relies on the vigor of the coral reefs? Either they will succumb to death or migrate outside the Philippine seas into bodies of water where coral reefs are richly alive. For all we know that coral reefs is the source of food and sanctuary of fish and aquatic life.

Coral Reefs

The bleaching is caused by the change in temperature that causes the death of a marine organism called zooxanthellae which gives the corals colors and vibrant.

There are many areas in the Philippines that have been reported experiencing this aquatic phenomenon, like the El Nido beach in Palawan Philippines, the Calatagan beach, Nasugbu Batangas, and others.

So what must Filipinos do to combat this pending danger on Philippine marine industry and Philippine tourism?

According to the expert, there are three ways how to combat it merely:

1. Effective reduction of the stressors that stress the coral reefs, which could be manmade or not. This could include chemicals and pollution in the water cause by dynamic fishing and garbage dumping on the bodies of water.

Stressor

2. Do an effective recovery and restoration program.

3. Wait for the coral reefs to recover naturally and monitor for stressors that could impede and hinder their speedy recovery.

This a continued article from “Flights to Philippines Part 1”, in that we discuss flights to particular Philippine destinations, if one is planning to have a Philippine vacation and Philippine travels and if one is coming from Manila Philippines. In that article we have discuss flights to Philippines most tourist destination, namely, Boracay Beach Island Resort Philippines, Baguio City Philippines, and the cultural Vigan City Philippines. In it also we discuss bus travel if one prefers it in their Philippine travels. And now for a continuation of our discussions, let’s begin with top number four most visited tourist Philippine vacation destination.

The second most tourist visited Beach resort in the Philippines following Boracay Philippines is the Pagudpud Beach Island Resort at Ilocos Norte Philippines. Some tourist loves to visit this Island Beach because according to them, Pagudpud is a resemblance of Hawaii or it is like Hawaii due to its long shores and secludedness.

Therefore, if you happen to be at Manila Philippines or Metro Manila Philippines, if you prefer flights to Philippines’ Pagudpud, chances are you will buy a ticket for Laog city Philippines. As I know so far, this is still the well means to get To Pagudpud if you prefer flight travel. This is quite similar if you want to go to Vigan City Philippines. You can ride the Philippine Airlines (PAL) or Cebu Pacific Airline that travels to Laog City. You could check their flight package at their respective websites.

However, if you prefer bus ride or land transportation, you can ride at this terminal if you happen to be at Manila Philippines. Go to Partas Bus Company which is located at Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City in the Philippines which caters travels to Laog City. It is approximated to have 10 hours of travel. Then, if you are already at Laog city, you could ride another bus going to Pagudpud.

Another favorite tourist Philippine vacation destination is Palawan Philippines. If you are from Manila Philippines and wanted or prefer to buy an air ticket going to Palawan Philippines, you could ride the Philippine Airlines or Air Philippines that will took you directly into the heart capital of Palawan Philippines which is Puerto Princesa city, which is only a one hour and five minutes trip. However, if you wanted to go directly to a specific location at Palawan, like El Nido, Cuyo Palawan, Busuanga, or your desired specific destinations at Palawan Philippines, there are flights you can choose to ride depending which location in Palawan you would like to visit. Examples of these alternative flights to different locations in Palawan are the Asian Spirit Airlines, SEAIR Lines, Pacific Air Lines, and the Soriano Airlines. You can inquire about their flight package in their respective websites or hotlines.

However, there is also transportation by sea going to Palawan from Manila Philippines. But it is a twenty hours trip. If you prefer this, you could buy a ticket at WG&A Shipping Company.

There is no by land transportation means going to Palawan if you happen to be at Manila Philippines because Palawan Philippines is an island far away from Metro Manila Philippines.