Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) has been officially confirmed as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Bernard Weber, the founder of New7Wonders announced on Saturday. Reputed to be the longest navigable underground river in the World, Puerto Princesa Underground River’s achievement will further boost tourism in the Philippines. It’s definitely “more fun in the Philippines” with this good news.

PRAYER CARDS DISTRIBUTION OF ALASKA AIRLINES ENDS…The 30-plus-year tradition of presenting prayer cards in Alaska Airlines’ in-flight meals began in the 1970s as a marketing strategy and to put passengers at ease. But this tradition which was borrowed from Continental Airlines will be discontinued starting Feb. 1. Alaska Airlines said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of distributing prayer cards on customers meal trays.

“It’s more fun in the Philippines” – this is the new tourism slogan unveiled today by the Department of Tourism (DOT). Netizens have been feeling good about it posting positive comments on why it is more fun in the Philippines resulting in the worldwide trend of the hashtag #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines. But hours later after its release, a 1951 Swiss ad saying “It’s more fun in Switzerland” eventually popped out and the copycat issue begins.

Halong Bay, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Amazon, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, and Table Mountain are the the New7Wonders of Nature that have achieved their provisional status. Congrats Philippines and Puerto Princesa Underground River, a UNESCO heritage site.

NAIA TERMINAL 1 IS THE WORST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD 2011 – THE GUIDE TO SLEEPING IN AIRPORTS…NAIA terminal 1 has been voted as the World’s Worst Airport for 2011 by an airport review website, “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports.”

EDGAR MUELLER TURNS STREET INTO A CREVASSE…Watch how Edgar Mueller, a 3-D illusionist street painter create a large deep crack in the surface of a glacier using the street of Dun Laoghaire, Ireland as a canvas. His art, both scary and awesome makes passers-by play and have their pictures taken with it.

YVESS ROSSY AKA ‘JETMAN’ FLIES OVER GRAND CANYON WITH ONLY HIS JET-PROPELLED WING…Watch this video of Swiss adventurer Yvess Rossy aka “Jetman,” who looks cooler than James Bond while flying over Grand Canyon West with only his jet-powered wing attached on his back.

Metropol Parasol…The “Metropol Parasol,” considered as the world’s largest wooden structure and biggest building to be held by glue opened on March 27, 2011 in Seville, Spain.

NAIA terminal 1 was picked as the 5th worst airport in the world and Asia’s worst airport for 2010 by an airport review website, “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports.”

DOT will launch soon “Pilipinas, Tara Na!,” their new domestic tourism campaign with SMART Communications, Inc. as major sponsor. It will replace the previous “Tara, Biyahe Tayo” campaign.

Boeing unveiled on Sunday the new 747-8 Intercontinental. The airplane is the largest passenger airplane Boeing has ever built at 250 ft.

The remains of the lost 1800’s Nantucket whale ship, Two Brothers was found on a reef off French Frigate Shoals, nearly six hundred miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii in the remote Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

The annual Sapporo Snow Festival opened on Monday and thousands of visitors went to see the cool ice sculptures on display. The festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido started in 1950 and is considered as one of Japan’s biggest tourist attractions.

In a pursuit of antique robbers, experts uncovered a 1,500-year-old church and a beautiful mosaic floor in Hirbet Madras, known as the site of a large, important Jewish community from the Second Temple period that was destroyed during the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135 CE.

Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building has something to boast about again, the highest restaurant in the world called At.mosphere. The restaurant opened on Sunday.

At least 6 million devotees are expected to participate the procession on the Feast of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2011.

Cebu City is ready for one of the country’s major tourist attractions, the Sinulog Festival which will take place on January 16, 2011. Sinulog Festival 2011 will surely be another colorful event that attracted local and foreign tourists every year.

The famous “shoe tree” located in northern Nevada was cut down by unknown vandals on New Year’s Eve.

The January issue of National Geographic features the Hang Son Doong, or “mountain river cave in Vietnam, the largest cave in the world.

The new Philippine slogan for tourism called “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” have been marred with criticisms after it was launched on Monday by the Department of Tourism (DOT).