INFLUX OF TOURISTS. Tourists enjoy the white sand beach of Boracay Island on Good Friday (April 15, 2022). During the Holy Week, Boracay Island has recorded 44,981 tourist arrivals the highest was on Maundy Thursday with 12,266 guests. (PNA photo courtesy of Jun Aguirre) ILOILO CITY - The tourist arrivals in Boracay Island for this year's Holy Week celebration is almost closer to the number of guests for the said period before the Covid-19 pandemic. Malay chief tourism operations officer Felix Gregorio Delos Santos, in a phone interview on Monday, said from April 11 to 17, they have recorded 44,981 tourist arrivals; the highest was on Holy Thursday with 12,266 guests. "Holy week is more of a family day so they brought along members of their family. And mostly really celebrate the Holy Week in Boracay," he said. During the Holy Week in 2018, the Malay Municipal Tourism Office has recorded 46,610 guests and 57,205 for the same period in 2019. Beach parties were prohibited
EFFECTIVE January 9, 2022, tourists are required to submit a negative RT-PCR test result prior to visiting Boracay Island. The return of the requirement was contained in Executive Order No. 001-2022 signed by Aklan Governor Florencio T. Miraflores. While it did not contain the reason for the return of the…