Boracay, popular tourism destination annually welcoming 2 million visitors, will be closed for a six-month period starting April 26, after. An environmental cleanup will be conducted during that time.
The presidency’s decision was made after an environmental review of the island found that a number of businesses were discharging sewage into the sea and multiple buildings were raised without the necessary permission.
He tokes it so serious that even threatened to send the Marines to dynamite all illegal structures.
All this means that No tourists will be admitted to Boracay during the closure period, and practically local tourism stakeholders will have to close their businesses. Therefore, residents have opposed to this and three days before the due date, they have staged a vehicle caravan on Thursday to protest the move, around 50 vehicles covered the 71-kilometer distance. From 8 am until noon. (READ SO: PHILIPPINES AND CHINESE’S UP TOGETHER TO CONSTRUCT A CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FARM)
Residents of the island and environmental groups have also recently opposed the plan for the construction of a $500-million casino resort by Macau-based casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group and its Philippine partner Leisure & Resorts World Corporation (LRWC). The two companies received a provisional license by PAGCOR, the country’s gambling regulator, back in March.
