Lonely Planet recognizes Chinese claim to Banaue Rice Terraces ‘is misleading,’ updates online content

On Monday evening, travel guide Lonely Planet took to Twitter to thank the online community for pointing out their mistake, crediting the Chinese for our majestic Banaue Rice Terraces.

In a three-part message, Lonely Planet acknowledged “that our claim that they were introduced 2000 years ago by the Chiense is misleading,” Lonely Planet said.

“In light of the feedback we have received, we have amended our online content,” it added, saying it is currently updating the video, which caught the attention and ire of Filipino netizens.

“We’ll also ensure the terraces are correctly attributed in the updated edition of our printed guide to the Philippines.”

We would like to thank members of our online community for bringing our attention to the issue of the heritage of the wonderful rice terraces of Banaue. We now recognise that our claim that they were introduced 2000 years ago by the Chinese is misleading. 1/3

— Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) April 1, 2019

At Lonely Planet, we pride ourselves on the information we provide travellers and always strive for complete accuracy in our content. In light of the feedback we have received, we have amended our online content and 2/3

— Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) April 1, 2019

are updating our video “the world’s greenest places” which also contains the reference. We’ll also ensure the terraces are correctly attributed in the updated edition of our printed guide to the Philippines. 3/3

— Lonely Planet (@lonelyplanet) April 1, 2019

On Monday, eagle-eyed Filipino netizens noticed a Lonely Planet video that credited the Chinese for building the Banaue Rice Terraces.

The text on the video read "These mud-walled terraces were first built around 2,000 years ago by the Chinese."

Glad everything's sorted now, Lonely Planet! For everybody's guidance, check out Banaue's page on the UNESCO World Heritage List website. — LA, GMA News