Boracay terminal fee to be used for island's rehab

 The PHP100 terminal fee being charged on each tourist to and from Boracay Island will be used for the six-month rehabilitation of this resort island.

Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores said Tuesday that the terminal fee collection is the contribution of the province for the clean-up and revival of this resort island.

"We are doing this for the improvement of Boracay. We are supporting the program of President Rodrigo Duterte to rehabilitate Boracay," he added.

The collected terminal fees were being used for the maintenance of the Caticlan Jetty Port.

The said fund also augments the funding of the province for its health services for indigents.

Aside from the terminal fee, the environmental fee collection of the Malay local government worth PHP75 for each tourist will also be used to fund the island’s rehabilitation.

The Malay local government would also augment the calamity fund once the Department of Interior and Local Government has placed Boracay under the state of calamity.

The rehabilitation phase starts March until August of this year.

In 2017, around 2.1 million foreign and local tourists visited Boracay Island.

The island generated over PHP56 billion in tourism receipts last year based on the figures bared during the recent Senate hearing held here.