Boracay business group now offering discounts on hotels

The Boracay Foundation Incorporated (BFI) has supported the call of the Department of Tourism-Western Visayas to provide discount rates to both foreign and local tourists.
Dionisio Salme, BFI president, said that discounts however depend on their members.
"We see the initiative of the DoT in calling for discounted rates as good," said Salme.
The DoT has called for discounted rates following the declaration by the Chinese government of a travel ban to the Philippines. The travel ban caused the cancellation of reservations for Chinese tourists coming to Boracay.
Salme said the travel ban has greatly affected large hotels as they usually lure group tours. Small hotels still enjoy the influx of mostly local tourists and other nationalities such as Koreans and Taiwanese.
The BFI is a business organization in this resort island with more than 300 members.
Aside from the discounted rates in hotels, the DoT also called for discounted rates on airplanes.