Holiday traffic on Boracay seen up BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL BORACAY- The holiday exodus to the island of Boracay is expected to swell in the onset of the yearly Holy Week celebration.
The traffic of passengers and vacationers in Caticlan jetty port is also seen to peak as resorts and hotels are fully booked until Easter Sunday.
Thousands of foreign and local tourists will be hitting the world-famous beach destination in Aklan in the Lenten break holiday and the summer season.
Last year, data from the Department of Tourism showed that visitors in Boracay reached 378,694 from January to May.
For Lenten season alone, this world top beach destination accommodated 24,009 tourists or a 12.6 percent increase compared to 2009 owing to the affordable packages and fares of local airlines and resorts for visitors.
With the surge in domestic travel in Aklan and in Boracay Island and the positive growth of tourism, the provincial government is enhancing tourist service facilities in Caticlan and Cagban ports.
To ensure the safety of tourists, the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO) is deploying additional personnel to tighten security in public places.
It's time to enhace our KLO and be ready for long term plan, i eg. Wide Body Aircraft invest more development and enhancement.
ReplyDeleteThat's correct at least presentable Terminal [KLO] no offence is like Mababang paaralan [Elementary School] Building ;-(( Hello it's 2011 Boracay, Boracay Boracay etc....but your facilities is ewww..KLO it's not World Class it's totally unfair why Iloilo has nice Terminal tsk...tsk...
ReplyDeleteGlad to know that the aklan gov't is trying their best to keep tourist safe. Hope that the same gov't will keep the whole island clean and free of garbage.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness to our local overnment they really work hard considering that we are small Province with a Huge task in Tourism Industry.
ReplyDeleteBoracay is getting crowded than the other beach in philippines. But it still beautiful and more foreign love to stayed there.
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