BORACAY — More than 26,000 tourists visited this resort island during the Holy Week, figures from the Caticlan Jetty Port in Brgy. Caticlan, Malay, Aklan revealed.
The data were gathered only from Holy Monday until Good Friday, hence, the possibility of an unrecorded number of tourists, said Niven Maquirang, Caticlan Jetty Port administrator.
Tourists usually go through preregistration upon arriving at the jetty port.
However, those who were pre-booked in high-class hotels are unable to go through the process as they are being fetched by the hotel or resort service.
On April 18, Holy Monday, there were some 3,749 tourists that visited Boracay; April 19, 4,072; April 20, 6,204; April 21, 10,197; and April 22, 2,079.
The jetty port is yet to determine the tourist arrivals on April 23, Black Saturday, and April 24, Easter Sunday.
This year’s Holy Week tourist arrivals here are higher compared to those on the same period last year, which only reached 24,009, according to the Department of Tourism.
Meanwhile, Maquirang said the resort island was generally peaceful during the Holy Week.
“So far, the Task Force Boracay and other government enforcers did a very good job. The resort island peacefully celebrated the Holy Week,” he said.
The task force is composed of personnel from the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Coast Guard, among others.
Earlier, the local government of Malay thanked the tourists for their cooperation while vacationing in this resort island.
The local government unit also reported that amid the influx of tourists, it has successfully implemented its anti-littering and anti-smoking ordinance here.
It deployed local police auxiliaries and volunteers to ensure that tourists were informed about the local laws in Boracay.
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