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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

The Philippines in AI travel recommendations

country · overall rank 169 of 233 · rank 114 among country destinations

AI models put the Philippines in their top 10 recommendations in 0.2% of answers, rank 169 overall. It does best when the question specifies how it's asked as underrated: 4.2%, +4.0 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.2 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend the Philippines in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

This destination in the other indexes: Source Control

By platform

PlatformScore
Claude0.7%
ChatGPT0.0%
Gemini0.0%
Grok0.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 50.0%
Claude Sonnet 51.2%
Claude Haiku 4.50.8%
GPT-5.6 Terra0.0%
GPT-5.6 Luna0.0%
Gemini 3.8 Flash0.0%
Grok 4.60.0%

Web search and effort

the Philippines · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

the Philippines with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off0.1%0.3%
Normal vs lowest effort0.1%0.2%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
UnderratedWhere should I go?
Change+4.0−0.1

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
At most two connectionsRequires a flight
Change+0.5−0.2

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Two weeks
Change+0.3

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WinterFallSpring
Change+0.2+0.1−0.2

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Low RainWarm Weather
Change+0.2+0.1

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
AdventureRelaxationCulturalDigital NomadExotic
Change+0.2+0.2−0.2−0.2−0.2

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
CoupleSoloFamily
Change+0.1+0.1−0.2

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Palawan9
Philippines4
Batanes1
Manila1
Philippines (Cebu)1
Philippines (Palawan/Visayas islands)1
Philippines' hidden islands1

the Philippines

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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