
IS BORACAY A GOOD INVESTMENT PLACE?
Boracay is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, blessed with all the elements of tropical paradise-crystal blue waters, powder white sand, liberal doses of palms and flowering plants, and a healthy marine life underneath the seas. Many foreign and local tourists have come back year after year and some have even chosen to live in this paradise island and done some business. Boracay is nearly fully developed, that’s why land appraisal goes higher and higher. Investors have a guaranteed return of investment. Some businesses are engaged in resort/hotel accommodations, dive shops, bars and restaurants, golf courses, spa’s, gyms and a lot more. At any point of the island, visitors can hear English, German and French spoken fluently. More importantly, visitors respect the serene quality of the place, and pay tribute to native Boracaynons by behaving according to local behavioural which means no nudity, no fighting, and no loud commotions, safe and convenient. What are you waiting for? Invest now.
WHY BORACAY?
Regularly voted the world's best beach, Boracay is located at the north-western tip of Panay, off the Sibuyan Sea. In its four kilometers of beach, Boracay manages to fulfil every requirement for a tropical paradise: warm translucent waters, healthy marine life, quivering palm trees and sand that slips between your toes. A fairly recently discovered secret, Boracay has become an idyllic escape for a wide variety of beach lovers. Wherever you go in the island, you will be able to hear English, French, German and Spanish all being spoken. However, despite the island's new-found popularity, visitors are respectful and the original serenity of this wonderful resort has not been damaged. After sundown, this island morphs into an exhilarating world of partying and dancing, contrasting greatly with the tranquility of the daytime. For many, the words paradise and Boracay come hand in hand, and it is this which keeps travelers returning year after year.
Recent Boracay Awards and Recongnition:
Yahoo! Travel’s annual Best Beaches list
Askmen.com's Top 10 Beautiful Beaches
UK's Travelista World's Best Beaches
Trifter.com's Top five Best Beaches in the World
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A Brief Background on Boracay
Boracay is a tropical island conveniently located at the northwestern tip of the Province of Aklan. It is a coral island with a total land area of 1,083 hectares. It is 7 kilometers long, 0.5 kilometers at its narrowest and 2 kilometers at its widest, laced with a beautiful stretch of beach 4-kilometer long that is known for its powdery white sand unequaled not only in the Philippines but anywhere else in the world.
Boracay is composed of 3 barangays of the Municipality of Malay with a local population of about 13,000 whose main source of livelihood is tourism. The island was declared a tourist zone in 1978 and tourism development has expanded rapidly since then.
Boracay is the Philippines’ major tourist destination. Tourist arrivals in 2005 was 499,457. The average yearly increase from 1998 to 2005 was about 20%. Local tourists accounted to 69% of arrivals in 2005 while foreign tourists consisted of 31% of arrivals. The influx of foreign tourist manifests an increasing trend since 2003, with Koreans registering the single largest nationality that visited the island, accounting to 65% of foreign tourists.
Traveling by air via Kalibo / Caticlan is the fastest way to go to Boracay from Manila or Cebu. Travel time is about 35 minutes.
Via Dumaguit thru Negros Navigation and WGA Superferry. Travel time is about 12 hours. However, upon reaching Dumaguit, you still have to travel about 1½ to 2 hours by land before reaching Caticlan jetty port.
The cheapest way to Boracay is the Roll-on/Roll-off (RORO) trips to Panay Island. Daily PhilTranco airconditioned or non-airconditioned buses leave to Panay via Caticlan. From Manila (by way of bus) to Batangas pier, travel time is about 2 to 3 hours depending on the traffic. Batangas to Calapan (by boat) takes 2 hours; another 2 hours (by bus) from Calapan to Roxas pier, then 4 hours (by boat) from Roxas pier to Caticlan jetty port.
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