ILOILO CITY – More than 21,000 tourists marked the New Year in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province.
The Malay-Boracay Tourism Office said 21,297 tourists were in the country’s most famous beach destination to welcome the year 2024.
TOURISTS watch the New Year’s fireworks display at the beach front of world-famous Boracay Island. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office)
“Cheers to an upcoming year that shines as brightly as the sky! Thanking everyone who chose to welcome the New Year in the island,” said the Malay-Boracay Tourism Office.
A New Year’s fireworks display was held for the second consecutive year following the lifting of pandemic restrictions.
The local government unit (LGU) of Malay under Mayor Frolibar Sacapaño Bautista lauded the Malay Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council for putting up an incident command center that brought a peaceful New Year’s celebration in the resort-island.
No untoward incident was reported during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
A total of 179,200 tourists visited Boracay last month.
They were mostly domestic tourists, which accounted for 134,396, and 42,289 foreign tourists and 2,315 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).