ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Western Visayas is eyeing more discussions on the approval of an updated carrying capacity for world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province.
“More proper discussions are needed to come up with the proper numbers,” said newly installed DENR-6 Regional Director Raul Lorilla.The updated carrying capacity – the ideal amount of people per day on the island – has yet to be approved by the DENR Central Office in Quezon City.
Boracay’s carrying capacity that time was a maximum of 6,405 tourists. With an average stay of three days per visitor, the island had only a carrying capacity of 19,215 tourists per day. Boracay recorded more than double the allowed tourists during this year’s Holy Week and last year’s Holy Week. The DENR-6 did disclose the new proposed carrying capacity for Boracay.
Boracay’s new carrying capacity might include keeping the island sustainable in the context of new tourism investments.
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