Marawi’s Most Affected Area

The place

Memory in Marawi, Lanao del Sur

The city center destroyed in the 2017 siege, and the slow work of rebuilding it.

• Memory

  One of the guide’s own places.

• Safety in Lanao del Sur

  The security picture here is more variable than in Cotabato City or Tawi-Tawi, and it moves. Marawi itself is visited, but travel is best arranged through local contacts, the city tourism office, or MSU, and some outlying municipalities are best left off an itinerary without current local advice. This is the area where asking on the ground matters most, and where a plan made from a distance is least reliable.

About this place

What to do

• Go with a local contact

  Do not walk in alone with a camera; some sections are still restricted or unsafe, so follow what you are told on the ground.

  From the guide

• Listen to people who lived here

  Residents will generally talk about the 2017 siege, but ask before photographing anything and accept no as an answer.

  From the guide

• Buy your lunch here

  Spending money in the rebuilt area is the most direct way a visit helps.

  From the guide

Before you go

• Go with a local contact. This is not a place to wander into alone with a camera.
• Ask before photographing anything, and accept no as an answer.
• Sections remain restricted or unsafe. Follow what you are told on the ground.
• If you buy nothing else on your trip, buy your lunch here.

Where you’ll be

Marawi, Lanao del Sur

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org
• en.wikipedia.org
• transitpinas.com