2.1 million tourists visited Boracay in Aklan last year

This resort island has registered an overwhelming 2.1 million tourists for 2017, the highest number so far recorded.

Felix de los Santos, municipal tourism officer of Malay town, said Boracay recorded 2,001,974 visitors last year.

“We had recorded an increase of 16 percent compared to the 2016 figure,” de los Santos said.

The top 10 groups of tourist arrivals came from China with 375,284; followed by South Korea, 356,644; Taiwan of China, 40,802; the United States, 22,648; and Malaysia, 20,585.

Following were the United Kingdom with 17,416; Saudi Arabia, 15,944; Australia, 15,365; Russia, 14,074; and Singapore, 9,897.

The rest of the visitors were domestic tourists and overseas Filipino workers.

The records also showed April had the highest number of tourist arrivals, followed by the
month of May.