The Aklan provincial government relaxes restrictions for tourists coming to Boracay, lifting the hotel voucher requirement for entry to the world-famous resort island.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/no-more-hotel-voucher-requirement-boracay-november-2023/
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00:00 The Aklan Provincial Government relaxes restrictions for tourists coming to Boracay, lifting the
00:06 hotel voucher requirement for entry to the world-famous resort island.
00:10 This means hotels and lodging houses can now charge walk-in fees.
00:14 The development comes after the business community expressed alarm over the low number of foreign
00:19 tourists.
00:20 Boracay Foundation, Inc.
00:22 President Edwin Raimundo says the lack of foreign tourists coming to Boracay translates
00:26 to lack of economic opportunities.
00:29 Raimundo says the hotel voucher system is an added burden that turns off foreign tourists.
00:34 1.8 million tourists visited Boracay in 2023.
00:38 1.43 million were domestic tourists, 35,668 were overseas Filipino workers, and only 357,066
00:48 were foreign tourists.
00:49 The 2023 figure shows there were 680,000 fewer foreign tourists than in 2019.
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