{"id":14898,"date":"2021-04-16T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=14898"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T07:56:17","slug":"saud-beach-in-pagudpud-ilocos-norte-named-as-one-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2021\/04\/16\/saud-beach-in-pagudpud-ilocos-norte-named-as-one-of-the-most-beautiful-beaches-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilocos Norte Beach Named as One of the Most Beautiful Beaches in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Department of Tourism (DOT<\/strong>) celebrated another milestone for the Philippines after <strong>Saud Beach<\/strong> was named as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/trip-ideas\/beach-vacations\/most-beautiful-beaches-in-the-world\"><em>25 Most Beautiful Beaches in the World<\/em><\/a> by the A-list international magazine <strong>Travel+Leisure\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, April 12, <strong>Anne Olivia Bauso<\/strong> of the Travel+Leisure described Saud Beach in Pagudpud as a virgin island that offers a serene place to unwind and boasted the beauty of the beach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"256\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14905\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.21.00-PM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.21.00-PM.png 619w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.21.00-PM-300x124.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Screengrab from Travel+Leisure<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0\u201cIts white sand pitches gradually into the clear-as-glass water, like a real-world example of a zero-entry swimming pool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14910\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.30.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.30.34-PM.png 760w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-16-at-3.30.34-PM-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Instagram post of the Department of Tourism<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the DOT saluted the sole Philippine entry to the list, joining the ranks of other globally recognized beaches such as the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii; Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The inclusion of Saud Beach in the international travel site\u2019s A-list is a first for the coastal area of Pagudpud, also dubbed as the &#8220;Boracay of the North\u201d, and the only beach in the Philippines to make on the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the ongoing struggle due to the pandemic, the tourism industry in the Philippines remains optimistic while progressing slowly and safely.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.tourism.gov.ph\/news\/dot-celebrates-saud-beach-inclusion-25-most-beautiful-beaches-world-list-travel-and-leisure\">Department of Tourism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1136740\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/trip-ideas\/beach-vacations\/most-beautiful-beaches-in-the-world\">Travel + Leisure<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Cedie Salido<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Tourism is glad to share another milestone as Saud Beach in Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte was named as one of the 25 most beautiful beaches in the world.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,323],"tags":[315,328,3093,3109,3110,3111,3112],"class_list":["post-14898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ilocos-norte","category-pagudpud","tag-ilocos-norte","tag-saud-beach","tag-department-of-tourism","tag-25-most-beautiful-beaches-in-the-world","tag-travel-leisure","tag-anne-olivia-bauso","tag-boracay-of-the-north"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14898"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14918,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898\/revisions\/14918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}