Inquirer’s RP: ‘Ecotourism Destination of the Year’ broke the news about the French recognizing what we pinoys have known all along: Philippine tourism is all about nature.

Fresh from being featured in two seasons of “Koh Lanta,” the French version of “Survivor,” the country recently clinched another honor: the coveted “Ecotourism Destination of the Year” title in the 2009 edition of Nature, one of France’s biggest travel fairs.

A jubilant Joseph Ace Durano, secretary of the Philippine Department of Tourism, broke the good news at the recently concluded Top Resa travel fair in Paris.

I say: Sure we don’t have skyrocketing buildings and ancient names carved on our roads, but we do have the most awesome beaches and a distinct Asian heritage influenced by both the orient and the west.