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Boracay Island Water Company, Inc. (BIWC), branded as Boracay Water, is the joint venture company of Manila Water Company through its subsidiary Manila Water Philippine Ventures (MWPV) and the Philippine Tourism Authority (now Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority) that delivers potable water service, sewerage service, and eventually, drainage management under a 25-year ...
The Boracay Ati-atihan in January 2024 witnessed a record-breaking number of tourists, with 36,741 people participating in the event. This festival, which celebrates the cultural heritage of the Ati indigenous people , has been a major draw for tourists and is set to be elevated as a major tourism attraction for the island starting in 2025.
Poverty incidence of Malay 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 27.60 2009 24.75 2012 12.10 2015 17.27 2018 13.39 2021 16.39 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Because of its robust tourism industry, the municipality is now considered as having the strongest economy in all the municipalities in the region and the richest municipality of Aklan in terms of income and annual budget. The tourism industry of ...
Algal bloom in Boracay on April 25, 2018, a day prior to the resort island's closure. Boracay is a popular tourist island and the infrastructure needed to accommodate tourism was put in place at a fast pace. [1] This caused environmental problems. [1] Condé Nast Traveler magazine called Boracay "the poster child for overtourism". [1]
In January 2010, Boracay Foundation Inc. opposed the project due to the negative environmental effects of leveling a hill near the airport. The chairman of the foundation group said that leveling the hill would damage Boracay's ecosystem, while saying that the airport in Kalibo should be the international airport for a better environmental ...
Poverty incidence of Aklan 10 20 30 40 50 2006 41.78 2009 44.71 2012 24.97 2015 16.08 2018 12.13 2021 13.90 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority A view of the Grotto in Boracay at dusk. Tourism is the main industry in Boracay. The province of Aklan is designated as a first class province. Agriculture Aklan depends on agriculture, with palay being the top produce in the province. Rice ...
In 2018, the first year of the implementation of the Environmental Protection Tax Law, the pollution equivalents generated by power plants decreased by 73.1% compared with 2017, and the environmental protection tax paid was 2.14 million yuan, which was 73% lower than the pollution discharge fee of 7.96 million yuan paid in 2017.
According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 89,127 people. [3] Kalibo is located in the north-west of Panay island and also, it is the most populous town in Aklan. It is the main transportation hub for the resort island of Boracay.