Boracay Rehabilitation, a Success

Philippines has been known for its beautiful and Mesmerizing Islands and one of  those famouse island is Boracay Island, its been one of the nations  major tourist spots.

Boracay Has Been  one of the Best Places to visit in the Philippines, it has been known for its Powder like sand and its crystal Clear waters but also for the hospitable and friendly people who live There.

This past year, on April 26 2016 Boracay was shut down and closed for rehabilitation that wout exeed for six months

the cause of the said Rehabilitation was Boracay wasn't coping up with its tourists very well.an estimated 1.7 million tourists visited Boracay in 2016, During the few days surrounding the "la Boracay party season"that same year, almost 71,000 tourists gave Boracay a temporary population density matching New York’s.

Infastructure, sadly has not kept up with Boracay, Hotels have sprung up on both sides of Boracay to meet demand — but some of them do not comply with local environmental laws. In fact, half of all known buildings in Boracay were built on protected land.

the island’s sewerage system is shockingly ill-managed: some pipes disperse raw sewage directly into the sea, contributing to the growth of algae and coliform bacteria around Boracay’s beaches.

Boracay BEFORE Rehabilitation

The official closure is expected to last six months from April 26, while local government gets a grip on the island’s many problems.Indeed, Boracay’s stakeholders have their work cut out for them.

The Island's problems were:

*Inadequate waste disposal

like the algal blooms and the inadequate sewage system

*illegal structures

About 947 out of 1,800 structures were stated un registered

*Tourist congestion

Boracay had to much tourist visiting and it was to much for the island to take

             Boracay while on Rehabilitation

Lots Of People were affected by the said Rehabilitation, local businesses were starting to be problematic because of the lack of customers or people coming to the island

More than 200 volunteers have stepped up to the plate and are now working hard to make a cleaner and better Boracay happen. They’re made up of government officials from Barangay Balabag, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Association of Independent Travel Agencies – Boracay Chapter, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and Caticlan Airport.

After the six months of long Rehabilitation The islands ship shape and better than ever. lots of things improved like the numbers of the tourists entering the island and the improved sewage systems.

boracay recently opend on April 4 2018 and is better than ever. it showed that we Filipinos can rise up and rebuild on every problem that comes our way.