Boracay being eyed to host an oceanarium

Boracay Island, Aklan- Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez revealed plans for an oceanarium and a new 5,000 room hotel in Boracay.

“Before I leave the province, the Manila Ocean Park has expressed interest in putting up an oceanarium while the San Miguel Corporation has pledged to build a hotel with 5,000 rooms in the soonest possible time. This would provide job oppurtunities in the province of Aklan,” he said.

Marquez, who will be leaving the provincial seat soon, said that more investors for Boracay are in the offing.

Marquez, who is in his last term as governor, is seeking election as first nominee of the reelectionist Kasanga Party List in the forthcoming 2013 elections.

He also bared that although it is two months away before December, Boracay has recorded 920,000 visitors for this year. This means that this resort island is just short of 80,0000 to reach its one million mark for its target number of tourists for the year 2012.

Because  of this, the Aklan provincial government had extended its target to 1.2 million tourists for this year.