Condé Nast Traveller’s (CNT) included the Philippines among the top 10 destinations to watch in 2013.

Condé Nast Traveller is a leading luxury travel magazine published by London-based Condé Nast Publications Ltd. The magazine’s January 2013 online edition listed the Philippines among the top 10 destinations for 2013, along with Brazil, Amsterdam, The Congo, the Galapagos Islands, Kashmir, the Mayan Riviera in Mexico, New Zealand, Panama and Oman.

The CNT write-up on the Philippines states that “the Philippines has around 7,000 of the most heavenly islands in the world.”