Boracay continues to be tourism attraction

This resort island continues to become a top tourism drawer despite the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda over the weekend.

Tim Ticar of the Department of Tourism-Boracay said that at least 6,0000 foreign and local tourists were stranded at the resort island when the typhoon struck.

"So far we received no complaint from any tourist a manifestation that local government did their job well in disaster management. I believe the tourists understood what happened and so Boracay continuously operates as a tourism destination," Ticar said.

Although disaster officials reached the target of the zero casualty for Boracay, the typhoon damaged part of the Tambisaan port, one of the vital infrastructures in this resort island.

Ticar said that strong waves brought by the typhoon initially damaged the layout of the port.

The Tambisaan pier is being used as entry and exit points by the tourists during "habagat (southwest monsoon)".