Located along the island’s picturesque beachfront, Katig Beachfront Boutique Hotel offers comfort and exquisite amenities while still being accessible to all of Siargao’s best spots Everybody’s talking about Siargao, and for good reason. For years, the popularity of this island paradise has grown, initially thanks to its variety of surf breaks, especially the world-famous thick waves of Cloud 9. It’s because of this that the island has also become home to annual surfing tourneys, hosting hundreds of surfers from all over the world.
But surfers aren’t the only ones who have found the gem that is Siargao. Tourists both local and international have flocked to the island, boosting its tourism rate up to more than 300 percent, according to reports. In 2023, Siargao recorded 529,822 tourist arrivals, around 90 percent of which were domestic tourists.
Of that number, more than 53,000 were foreign travelers, a whopping 500 percent increase from just 2022. Thanks to the island’s pristine beaches, its wealth of picturesque nature views, and overall affordability, people come—and keep coming back to—Siargao. Recently, the island made headlines beyond the surf scene, as global travel publications like Conde Nast and Lonely Planet named the island among its top destinations in Southeast Asia.
The Department of Tourism posits that the island may boost the Philippines to being a “tourism powerhouse” in the region, thanks to these recognitions. Siargao has also become a p.