TOURISM stakeholders are decrying the latest requirement of the Malay local government unit requiring visitors to Boracay Island to pay P100 for travel insurance.
In a statement sent to the BusinessMirror, Tourism Congress of the Philippines president Jose C. Clemente III said, “We find this imposition of ‘insurance’ to enter the island as another needless expense considering how much tourists have already shelled out to travel.” Department of Tourism-Regional Director for Western Visayas Cristine Mansinares said in a Viber message, “They passed the ordinance last year, but did not fully implement it. It indicates that the insurance is optional.”
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