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As per Municipal Ordinance No. 230, Series of 2005, all guests entering Boracay Island will be required to pay PhP 50 per person as Environmental and Admission fee which will be collected by representative(s) of the office of the municpal mayor at the port of Caticlan or at the Fairways and Bluewater Welcome Center.

This is in addition to the PhP 40 terminal fee already being collected as well at the Caticlan jettyport. And so, guests are well-advised to prepare exact change in paying for these local government-imposed fees to minimize hassle and long queues.

Yahoo! Travel just announced The World’s Most Popular Beaches of 2007, Topping the list is our very own Boracay Island in Aklan and on the number three (3) spot is Cebu also in the island of Visayas. Heres the complete list of Yahoo! Travel Most Popular Beaches of 2007:

1. Boracay Island, Philippines
2. Nassau, The Bahamas
3. Cebu, Philippines ( check it out on www.cebuprovince.com )
4. Phan Thiet, Vietnam
5. Montego Bay, Jamaica
6. Phuket, Thailand
7. Cozumel, Mexico
8. San Diego, California
9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. San Juan, Puerto Rico

The world-famous island of Boracay is located in Aklan province 345 kms. South of Manila. The island is accessible by air from Manila or Cebu through two principal gateways: Caticlan airport or Kalibo airport.

Boracay has also been voted as one of the best beaches in the world by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook. The British Publication TV Quick in its issue of December 21, 1996 gave the latest accolade for Boracay as the number one tropical beach in the world.

barLO! the beachfront restaurant chill out bar, set to open in the 4th quarter of 2007, is the 1st gastronomic venture of chef Gene Gonzalez ( of CACS and Cafe Ysabel fame ) in Boracay. It is located on the beachfront of Two Seasons Boracay in the boat station 1 area, between Fridays and Seawind. It is expected to provide a new alternative and truly pleasurable dining experience to the island paradise while "late-nighters" who prefer the 'chill-out' sounds by the beach with their fave cocktail drinks in hand will find barLO a more relaxing and genuinely stress-free hang-out compared to the hard-hitting beats and rowdier crowds of the mainstream bars and clubs of the island. And if you come in early enough, the four beachfront cabanas offer a tropical ambiance to top off your perfect Boracay beach dining and nightout at barLO!

Indeed! new and more exciting things are coming to the island, sure , there are kinks to be ironed out but hey! they shouldn't stop us from enjoying what Boracay has to offer and barLO promises to draw in more of the discriminating culinary and nightlife crowd to this side of the main white beach. So, whenever you're in Boracay, make sure to barLO!

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Another evidence that Boracay has indeed crossed the threshold into becoming a regional, if not a global, tourist destination is in its drawing power to reel in local and foreign investments worth billions of pesos, in addition to its natural attraction to tourists both in the country and overseas. Those who stand to benefit from these are, needless to say, the Tirol clan who owned and continues to own much of the original properties on the island and the local populace in and around the island who can look forward to increased employment and livelihood opportunities.

One such major investm

This is The Beach to which HungryForWords.com CEO, Dominic Penaloza returned to for his dream beach wedding on May 5,2007. Photo courtesy of Dominic Penaloza.

BORACAY makes it again to the TOP 10 World's Best Beaches List !!!
according to Yahoo! Travel dated June 5,2007 ( source: http://travel.yahoo.com/beaches )
YAHOO! Travel's 2007 World's Best Beaches

1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2. Miami, Florida
3. Cancun, Mexico
4. Kaanapali, Hawaii
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
6. San Diego, California
7. Boracay Island, Philippines
8. Key West, Florida
9. Sydney, Australia
10. Santa Barbara, California