Most Improved Cities In The Philippines
Philippines is not just a land. It’s home to diverse cultures and astonishingly rising urban and rural movements. Factors like the Pandemic affected the rise and fall of almost all cities across Philippines but, let’s take on how well they’ve handled such factors to overcome and still flourish.
Puerto Princesa
2019 Ranking: 33rd | 2020 ranking: 17th | Improvement: 16
Is home to picturesque islands and is one of the most improved cities in the Philippines. One of the seen factor is the rise in the tourism among the best scenic spots around the area. Although the least densely populated, it is known to generate a great amount of improvement mostly with the use of it’s resources.
Puerto Princesa is known for various ecological attractions like the Underground River in Palawan, Iwahig and Irawan River, Ugong Rock Adventures, Crocodile Farm, Mitra’s Ranch and Plaza Cuartel.
Las Piñas
2019 Ranking: 28th | 2020 Ranking: 20th | Improvement: 8
Is one of the highly urbanized city in the Metro. It’s continuous improvements on parks and establishments paved its way through the top.
Some of the known attractions are: Evia Lifestyle Center, Paranaque Wet Land Park, Bamboo Organ Museum, Saint Joseph Church and much more!
Valenzuela
2019 Ranking: 15th | 2020 Ranking 8th | Improvement: 7
Is the first to become the highly urbanized City in Metro Manila. It is almost the border of Metro Manila and the Province abroad. This makes the residents enjoy the best of both worlds and the circumstances that come within it.
It is home to rich roots and historical architectures like Museo Valenzuela, San Diego Alcala Church, Arkong Bato, People’s Park, Arca Yard and many more.
Caloocan
2019 Ranking: 14th | 2020 Ranking: 9th | Improvement: 5
It was formerly a portion of Rizal. It is divided into 2 geographic areas namely, South Caloocan and North Caloocan. The South being inclined in the Metro area is the more urbanized while North being inclined towards the provincial area tends to instill the lifestyle. Nevertheless, regardless of the division it still paved its way into improving.
Some of the known atrractions are: Bonifacio Circle Monumento, Gubat sa Ciudad Resort, La Mesa Watershed, The Chinese Cemetary and more.
Zamboanga
2019 Ranking: 19th | 2020 Ranking: 15th | Improvement: 4
Is a proof that even outside the Metro Manila, cities can still excel and shine. The city of Zamboanga ranks fifth of the most populated areas in the Philippines. It’s also deemed as the “Asia’s Latin City” because of the heavy Spanish Influence. You can see it through their lifestyle, food, language and building architectures.
Merloquet Falls, Paseo Del Mar, Fort Pillar, Yakan Weaving Village, and a lot of Island hopping areas are some of the attractions which can be seen in Zamboanga.
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