(cover photo by islander Jack Jarilla) Inside Boracay: Opening Week Boracay Opening Week, finally the island is open to tourists. It has felt like both the longest 6 months, and also a case of ‘it’s October 26th Already!’ This is just the start for Boracay, after the island was called a ‘Cesspool’ by the Philippine […]
Cover Photo: DOT Boracay Field Office Inside Boracay: Week 25 It was to be expected that this ‘closure’ week, with the Opening Day of the Dry Run on the 15th October, was going to be an incredibly busy one. Even so, it surpassed Inside Boracay’s expectations and even saw a kiteboarder from Boracay secure the Philippines […]
Inside Boracay: Week 24 and 16 days until Boracay Re-opens Despite being open for only 4 months of 2018, the readers of Condé Nast Traveler still voted Boracay as the Number Two Island in Asia, behind Siargao which took the Number One spot. This vote breeds positive feelings and hope that Boracay’s travellers will be forgiving […]
Cover Photo Credit: Jack Jarilla Inside Boracay: Week 23 and just 22 days before the Island opens for Phase 1; on 26th October Wristbands mooted for tourists entering Boracay Another form of ID muted for residents Continued lack of genuine Consultation with Islanders and Stakeholders Environment department declares Boracay’s water safe and clean Entry and […]
Cover Photo: Goodwill Hunting Inside Boracay: Week 22 With just 30 days left before the Island enters Phase 1 of reopening, on October 26, Week 22 of closure sees the following:- Task Force unsure how to legally implement Carry Capacity restrictions DOT needs to clarify position on Airbnb Bookings Increase in Accidents due to road […]
Cover Image: Cory Batchelor Inside Boracay: Week 21 The end of Week 21 of closure leaves the island with just 37 days before the Soft Opening of 26th October, and more changes have been made to the Requirements for re-opening; in fact twice, in the same week, the STP Requirements were changed. Quite possibly because […]
Inside Boracay: Week 20 Week 20 of closure and just 50 days until the re-opening of the island on 26th October. Whilst the island is now on the ‘right side’ of the half-way point many residents are concerned about the progress of work, and whether the island can be opened in any meaningful way Islanders […]
Cover Photo: Boracay From The Sky Inside Boracay: Week 19 – 49 Days to Re-opening! 49 Days to re-opening (at the start of Week 19) and things seem to be starting to happen to be Open-Ready. Stakeholders continue to struggle with limited or conflicting information. Names of the first 25 hotels/resorts to clear their Permits […]
Inside Boracay: Week 18 sees Pockets of work on the main road where widening and pipe-laying continues. Some stunning comments have been made by Galaxy’s Chairman, hinting at a very different plans for Boracay, which has little to do with a Casino! Boracay Establishments and Tourists told to hold off on Bookings DOT denies that […]
Boracay’s Closure – Is The Poop about to Hit the Fan?! As the pipe laying gets underway, and Bulabog’s Sewage Holding Tank is nearing completion, Inside Boracay: Week 17 takes notice of new rumblings of discontent, brewing on Boracay Island. It feels like a backed-up sewage pipe that is about to blow! And it has […]
Inside Boracay: Week 15 & 16 The Island is more than half-way to reopening and there are pockets of significant activity on the main road, as the big pipes start going in. Getting around the island is very difficult at the moment and if there was a shop open, dishing out water-proof mountain climbing boots […]
Inside Boracay: Week 13 3 months in to the 6 month closure period Inside Boracay: Week 13 includes the 3 month anniversary of the Island’s closure and, we hope, the half-way mark towards re-opening. Getting around the island is chaos at best, with roads being shut off in sections or impassable; full of rubble and […]
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