Tourism is really a function of a good product made accessible and affordable , and product promotionTimes like these, it comes as a breath of fresh air to know that Boracay is back in business.
That draconian decision which I initially criticized produced many discoveries, the most blatant violation being the Malay government’s unbridled spree of permits even if the hotel or resort failed to connect to the now Ayala-managed water treatment facility. For far too long, the Malay local government was unable to get the landowner to give way to the road widening.
As a result, the violating hotels and resorts have had to either close down and be demolished, or their properties sliced in half to conform to the easement regulations. And Pres. GMA for the bulldozing of a hill that prevented Caticlan from having a longer runway that has made visiting Boracay a faster and more convenient adventure, thanks to Ramon Ang’s PPP.
Our inbound PAL plane was full, with what I would estimate to be 80 percent domestic travelers and 20 percent foreign visitors, mostly Korean and Europeans.