Cebu is a city on Cebu Island in the Philippines. It is the Queen City of the South. It is the most popular destination in all of the Philippines for foreign tourists. Over 50% of all people visiting the Philippines as tourists list Cebu as their main destination. It is the largest sea port in the nation, the second largest Air hub and the second largest city in the country. It is the fastest growing large city in the nation with an annual growth of over 5% per year.
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By plane

Cebu is an island, so the fastest way to get to Cebu is by air. Foreign visitors may fly direct to Cebu from Doha, Hong Kong, Busan, Koror, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia thru the Mactan-Cebu International Airport. This modern facility serves both international and local flights. Passport control and baggage handling is fairly fast and efficient. Facilities and amenities include a shopping center, duty-free shop, souvenir shops, cafés, business centers, food shops, communication facilities, banking facilities, car rentals, hotel and resort reservations, beauty & health services.

Cathay Pacific Airways, and Cebu Pacific, a new budget carrier, fly between Hong Kong and Cebu daily while Silkair and Cebu pacific fly between Cebu and Singapore daily. Philippine Airlines service between Cebu-Tokyo daily except Mondays and Cebu-Seoul, four times a week. Malaysian Airlines fly from Kuala Lumpur via Kota Kinabalu to Cebu twice a week, and twice Cebu-Kuala Lumpur direct as well. Qatar Airways meanwhile fly from Doha to Cebu three times weekly. Visitors may also pass through via Seoul-Incheon as Cebu Pacific has daily flights, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Philippine Airlines have a 4x a week flight to Cebu each. Taipei is another point of entry as China Airlines / Mandarin Airlines have a 2x weekly flight. Cebu Pacific has 2x weekly flight from Busan, while Asian Spirit has 3x weekly flight from Koror, Palau.

Cebu is also the domestic air hub of the Philippines with close to 60 flights daily on average to and from popular destinations and key cities all over the archipelago such as Manila, Kalibo, Puerto Princesa, Boracay, Clark, Siargao (Surigao), Zamboanga, Davao, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Camiguin, General Santos, and Leyte.

Visitors from North America, Europe, Middle East, and the rest of the world may fly first to Singapore or Hong Kong or Seoul or Kuala Lumpur or Doha to catch a flight to Cebu. If you don't mind braving the horrendous traffic and the cacophonic noise of Manila, you will get a faster connection to Cebu, for there are more than 20 flights daily between the two cities or almost two flights every hour. There are also flights to Cebu from Clark International airport, from which there are further flights on discount airlines to Macau, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and other points.

Charter flights are also available in some select destinations especially China, Russia and the USA.

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