A NEW DESTINATION IN TOURISM GEOGRAPHY: CATANDUANES PROVINCE (REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

Abstract

Catanduanes, one of the eastern islands of the Philippines, is located in the southeast of Luzon Island and on the west coast of the Philippines sea. It is a little researched, sparsely populated, mountainous and rugged island. It is also known as the "island of howling winds" or the “island of harsh storms”. In this study, the geographical location of the island of Catanduanes, its natural and human geographical features and the main tourism resources are briefly discussed.
The island's tourism potential has been tried to be explored by examining the important
beaches, cities, hotels, waterfalls, caves, streams, nature preserve areas and historical-cultural
attractions. Catanduanes across the Pacific Ocean is one of the least developed but happiest
islands of the Philippines as well. For this reason, it is expected that tourism activities on the
island will develop as Catanduanes gets infrastructure investments such as transportation,
education, health, communication and sewage in the next half century.