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Asian tourists participate in a scuba diving lesson in Boracay Island, the Philippines. The 4 km stretch of White beach on Boracay Island has been honoured as the best leisure destination in Asia beating popular destinations such as Bali in Indonesia and Sanya in China in a recent survey conducted by an International Travel Magazine with 2.2 million viewers taking part in the online poll. Last year, close to 600,000 visitors visited Boracay with South Korea providing 128,909 visitors followed by Japan, 35,294, USA, 13,362 and China 12,720. A popular destination for South Korean divers and honeymooners, Boracay is now attracting crowds of tourists from mainland China who are arriving in ever increasing numbers. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)