BORACAY, PHILIPPINES, 2016, AMAZING BORACAY ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES is a small island in the Philippines located approximately 315 km (196 mi) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards from numerous travel publications and agencies.[Note 1] The island comprises the barangays of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak in the municipality of Malay, in Aklan Province. The island is administered by the Philippine Tourism Authority and the provincial government of Aklan. Apart from its white sand beaches, Boracay is also famous for being one of the worlds top destinations for relaxation.[11][12] It is also emerging among the top destinations for tranquility and nightlife.\r
In new, Boracay was awarded as the best island in the world from the international travel magazine.\r
History:\r
Boracay was originally home to the Ati people. Boracay Island was already an inhabited place before the Spaniards came to the Philippines. It was known to the Iberian conquerors as Buracay. At the time of cont with the Europeans, Buracay had a population of one hundred people, who cultivated rice on the island and augmented their income by raising goats.\r
Geography:\r
Boracay Island is located off the northwest corner of Panay Island, and belongs to the Western Visayas island-group, or Region VI, of the Philippines. The island is approximately seven kilometers long, dog-bone shaped with the narrowest spot being less than one kilometer wide, and has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers.\r
South-facing Cagban Beach is located across a small strait from the jetty port at Caticlan on Panay island, and the Cagban jetty port serves as Boracays main entry and exit point during most of the year. When wind and sea conditions dictate, east-facing Tambisaan Beach serves as an alternative entry and exit point.[27] Boracays two primary tourism beaches, White Beach and Bulabog Beach, are located on opposite sides of the islands narrow central area. White Beach faces westward and Bulabog Beach faces eastward. The island also has several other beaches.\r
White Beach, the main tourism beach, is about four kilometers long and is lined with resorts, hotels, lodging houses, restaurants, and other tourism-related businesses. In the central portion, for about two kilometers, there is a footpath known as the Beachfront Path separating the beach itself from the establishments located along it. North and south of the Beachfront Path, beachfront establishments do literally front along the beach itself. Several roads and paths connect the Beachfront Path with Boracays Main Road, a vehicular road which runs the length of the island. At the extreme northern end of White Beach, a footpath runs around the headland there and connects White Beach with Diniwid Beach.\r
Bulabog Beach, across the island from White Beach, is the second most popular tourism beach on the island and Boracays main windsurfing and kiteboarding area.\r
Boracay is divided for land use and conservation purposes into 400 hectares of preserved forestland and 628.96 hectares of agricultural landBORACAY, PHILIPPINES, 2016, AMAZING BORACAY ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES