Boracay in the Philippines reopens. Visitors must read and sign vows before landing on the island
After six months of closure and renovation, Boracay, a tourist resort in the central part of the Philippines, reopened on the 26th.
At the launching ceremony of the island opening that morning, the relevant Philippine authorities introduced that Boracay has been officially closed on April 26 this year, and after 6 months of renovations, the initial goal has been reached.
Boracay is located in the Visayan Islands in the central part of the Philippines and is a world-renowned tourist resort. In recent years, the surge in tourists has caused serious ecological damage and delayed supporting services. It has been severely criticized by Philippine President Duterte many times. Subsequently, the Philippine government ordered the island to be closed for half a year for systematic ecological restoration.
It is reported that in the early days of Boracay’s reopening, the local government only allowed about 3,500 guest rooms to be opened, limiting the number of tourists who boarded the island daily to less than 6,400, and allowing a total of 19,000 tourists to stay on the island at most.
In order to allow tourists to more consciously abide by the relevant regulations, the local management department has required every tourist to read and sign an oath before landing on the island since the opening of the island. The vows include not littering the island, not smoking or drinking alcohol on the beach. Tourists and islanders will be severely punished for uncivilized behaviors such as littering, urinating and defecate, and graffiti at will on the island.