Posts under ‘Boracay Island’

By JOLEEN LUNJEW
http://thestar.com.my/
White sands, idyllic beaches, water sports and lots of sun – welcome to the island paradise of Boracay, the Philippines.
Just an hour’s flight south from Manila is the Philippine’s most popular tourist island, Boracay (Bo-ra-cai), a haven for beach bums looking for just about anything you can do under the sun.
Located in the [...]

Kalibo, Aklan – Boracay’s tourism receipts as of August 2007 is at P7,824,967,743 and still growing.
This was based on records released by the Provincial Tourism Office here, displayed during the Statistical Exhibit as part of the office’ participation in Aklan’s celebration of National Statistics Month.
Based on PTO’s records, the arrival of 425,654 foreign and domestic tourists [...]

It was the one event that the island resort of Boracay had eagerly anticipated — the visit of the famous Kalilayan Folkloric Group and their “Dancers for Freedom” musical show. The venue was Patio Pacific, and host of the dance delegation from Catanauan, Quezon, and Patio Pacific resort owner, Kelly Boncan, and her hardworking marketing [...]

Boracay Island has recorded a total of 387,288 tourist arrivals from January to July of this year.
Based on records obtained from the Provincial Tourism Office here, the month with the highest number of tourist arrivals was April, with 93,615 arrivals. Of the tourists who visited Boracay during the period, domestic arrivals outnumbered the foreigners. Domestic [...]

There’s always about summer that excites everyone. I know that the heat is more than scourging, punitive really when you think about it. But when immaculately white beaches and fine sand come to mind, everything’s forgotten. No amount of excessively damaging tropical heat can hold me from hitting the sea and the sand, regardless of [...]

by Venus G. Villanueva
Kalibo, Aklan – Terrorists will only attack when you least expect it. They attack when the target is soft and vulnerable.
Sr. Police Superintendent Benigno Durana, Aklan Police Provincial Office Provincial Director disclosed this in a press conference recently with the Aklan Police Defense Press Corps. This was PD Durana’s answer to a media [...]

By Katrina Ariannelyn Abing and Rizalie A. Calibo
Siquijor – One Town One Province (OTOP) is one of the priority programs of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to promote tourism, encourage entrepreneurship and create jobs in the archipelago and somehow to heighten the progress of the nation’s economy.
Siquijor province, through The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was one [...]