ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Boracay Island registered 1.5 million tourists since the start of 2022, with domestic travelers making up the bulk of arrivals into the country’s leading leisure destination, heralding a full comeback nearly three years into the coronavirus pandemic that placed the island’s economy in the brink of collapse.
Latest data released by the Department of Tourism in Western Visayas (DOT 6) showed that as of Nov. 14, the world-famous island in Malay town, Aklan province, has welcomed 1,503,187 visitors, 1.38 million of whom, or 90.23 percent,…
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