The ingredients of a MacDonald burger are identical whether you buy it in New York, London or Beijing. Similarly, the method of cooking and cleanliness regimes are identical. You could reasonably expect then that the cost of such a burger would be much the same no matter where you bought it. That is not the case because rent, utilities and labour costs vary and it is this variation that will show you just how cheap or expensive a country will be for you by just comparing the cost of a burger where you live to one in the country you are visiting.
A MacDonald burger delivered to your home in Manila costs almost exactly 50 Cents in US money. Try getting that where you live! A good quality cotton T shirt in the Philippines will cost you less than $2. It is the wages paid here that helps to make Philippines vacations such incredible value. The average wage here for an unskilled worker is still under $1 an hour in 2010
On Philippines vacations you really can enjoy 5 star luxury for 3 star prices.
Other things that keep the Philippines at the top of the quality vacations winners has to start with the beaches and scuba diving here. A recent Government survey showed that once a visitor has been to the Philippines and gone diving once he or she will return an average of ten times.
From a diving point of view phi lip pines vacations give you access to some of the very best waters and marine life on the planet. There is an ocean current called the Verde Island Passage which starts off in the mid Pacific and wanders like a lazy river to Puerto Galera in the Philippines. This current brings with it highly oxygenated water full of nutrients and as a direct result, 60% of all known species of shallow water marine fish in the world can be found off Puerto Galera.
Philippines vacations are also an all year round event because unlike the rest of the world, there are only two seasons, the Wet Season and the Dry Season. Each is six months long but even in the Wet Season the vast majority of the rainfall happens at night leaving most days warm and pleasant.
Philippines vacations then in summary are cheap and if you enjoy life on a warm beach this is the place for you. It is likely you will need to spend a little longer on an airplane but I think you will find it worth the extra traveling.
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