Huwebes, Agosto 1, 2013

Boracay Blacks and Whites

Boracay Philippines Resorts

Boracay, the Philippines' most coveted and multi-awarded island. A paradise that every Filipinos are proud of. It is located about 2 kilometers of the northwest tip of Panay Island, particularly in Malay, province of Aklan, in the Vizayas region. The visitors of the island is constantly growing every year, as well as constantly increasing revenues and income of the island and the beneficiaries. From the investors, to the tourist guide all the way down to the jeepney drivers and tricycle drivers. Boracay Philippines Resorts, the gem island of the country.
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Photo from 7stones Suites Boracay
From the visitor's, point of view, as well as the beneficiaries' point of view, they would only think that Boracay is the best place, not only in hotel accommodation and beach wise, but also the best place for money profiting wise. Seeing the island, only in its bright side, pretending to be blind on the other face of the island, the island’s dark side and its prerequisites.
Atis (Aita, Ita) tribe, the island’s native, the island’s original inhabitants, mostly uneducated, partly unemployed, are continuously fighting for the right to lived in the island that they’ve been living in centuries. They have been pushed over by the fast growing hotels and bars, buildings of infrastructures. The hopeless battle of the island’s natives is somewhat nowhere to go. The government of Aklan seemingly have a little interest on this issue, probably because they’ve also been benefitting from the investors and hotel owners. And now, the campaign of the Atis for their rights has gone a deeper and serious result, but in a negative way, to the extent that someone has been killed. Yes, this has gone a long and serious way. I have read a report that an Ati native and one of their leader have been shot to death. After this alarming news, and a few years later, the Atis finally won a government –issued certificate of ancestral land. Though hotel owners, investors and property developers are still contesting the decision, therefore, the battle still continues.
As a concern citizen of this republic, I’m extending my sympathy to the Atis in the island of Boracay. Though I know that it won’t help. The government of Aklan must exert more effort to resolve this issue, they may consider relocation for the Atis, but I think the natives won’t agree with that. Or they may consider tightening the security on the ancestral land owned by the Aiti native, for them to live peacefully and worry free.
Tourism plays a big part to the country, not only for its income, but also for the people who are beneficiary of it,and doing it for a living. Bad images like this can hurt tourism in many ways, especially for the country's gem, Boracay Philippines Resorts. Conservation and protection of it is a must. For the whites, representing the visitors, investors, and property owners, and for the blacks, representing the island's natives.

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