This is based on what I have read in the international released Eco - Tourism magazine published in Germany just recently.
2007-12-16 14:30:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
I'm afraid I haven't heard of the Philippines as being referred to as Garden of Eden. Yes it's true, it's like Paradise in our beautiful country. But there's something quite negative about the "Garden of Eden" tag....it's as if there's too much debauchery going on...and I'd like to believe it's nothing like that at all. So please forgive me if I take this article with a grain of salt.
2007-12-16 15:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
"... widely known as the Garden of Eden...." The Eco-Tourism magazine might have featured natural attractions in the Philippines, but I'm sure giving the country this label, though flattering, is just an exagerated gesture, done to promote tourism tie-ups.
While I will not deny a majority of the islands in the Republic are so prestine in beauty, comparable to the Biblical Paradise more commonly referred to as "The Garden of Eden", only naturalists/ nature lovers and environmentalists refer to our country as such, and they are, regretably, few in number.
Our national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, in his death poem referred to the country as their Lost Eden ("Nuestro Perdido Aden) only in the sense that he and his family, as well as most of those associated with "insurgency" against Spanish rule, were exiled.
Today, to some, if not most of OFWs (Overseas Filipino workers) like me, this phrase might also hold true. For the better part of contract years, our home, our Eden is lost to us.
2007-12-17 09:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Aref H4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how the author of that article could have viewed the Philippines as the Garden of Eden in the world. But that is his/her opinion, anyway. I am a Filipino and I live in the Philippines however, I beg to differ from the author's opinion. I can't see how the country could be compared to Eden (in the Bible) except perhaps in the many treacherous snakes that abound.
2007-12-16 14:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by annabelle p 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If that's his opinion then I may say he/she appreciate our country than people who live here do,they keep on blaming/complaining the politics,government system and everyday crimes.We cannot twist his/her opinion but I feel honored that a foreign person[if he is]appreciates our place,I won't complain nor object,I rather take it than those travel advisory exaggeratedly air in some country.
2007-12-16 18:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by freeverse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now that you mentioned it, maybe we are now called that. I just hope they are not referring to naked people (bar girls) in the Philippines as representatives of the people of Eden.
2007-12-16 21:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in the Philippines and I have never heard of such a thing. (until now)
2007-12-17 00:32:14 · answer #6 · answered by ken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not. It is better known as Pearl of the Orient Seas.
2007-12-16 16:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by richie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they made a mistake , they must have meant some other country
2007-12-16 19:50:40 · answer #8 · answered by Hank W 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
really? hmm.. haven't heard of this.. can u provide the URL of that release?
2007-12-16 17:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by `♥•Debbie here`♥• 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that author was even sober?
2007-12-16 18:06:06 · answer #10 · answered by Equinox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋