White sand beaches are well-loved destinations in an archipelago like the Philippines, but among the many beach destinations, pink beaches are considered far and few in between.
A casual search on the Internet yields the pink sand beach entries around the world are found in the Bahamas, Indonesia, Spain, Italy and the Philippines' Great Santa Cruz Island.
Zamboanga City's Great Santa Cruz Island has been popular for decades because it is only one of the handful pink beaches in the world.
Its pinkish sand is caused by the pulverized rare red Organ-pipe coral (Tubipora musica) due to surf erosion. The pulverized coral gets mixed with the beach's white sand.
In March this year, Travel+Leisure included Great Santa Cruz Island as among the "11 Most Beautiful Pink-sand Beaches Around the World."
| via PHILSTAR.COM
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