From the 113,000 tourist arrivals last December 2021 to only over 30,00 this January, Boracay Island is suffering from the effect of the continuous rise of Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant.
According to the Malay Tourism Office data, only 30,605 travelers visited the Island from January 1 to 23, 2022. Last time, the total arrivals from January 1 to 16 was 28,060, which means, after a week, only 2,545 tourists went to the white beach.
Due to the RT-PCR requirement, travelers are holding back from going to Boracay.
Below is the list of the number of visitors who arrived in Boracay per region:
- NCR - 11, 999
- CAR - 274
- Ilocos- 261
- Cagayan - 103
- Central Luzon - 3,461
- CALABARZON - 5,378
- MIMAROPA - 92
- Bicol - 145
- Western Visayas - 4,588
- Aklan - 2,954
- Central Visayas - 600
- Eastern Visayas - 88
- Zambaonga - 81
- Northern Mindanao - 169
- Davao - 181
- SOCCSSARGEN - 155
- CARAGA - 59
- BARMM - 17
Recently, there have been more female travelers visiting the Island with 15, 791 than male tourists with only 14, 814.
Meanwhile, as for the age groups, ages 13-59 still lead the list with 24,542, while 5,128 tourists are ages 0-12; however, travelers ages 60 and up dwindled to only 935.
More visitors traveled by air than land or sea; 22,360 traveled by air, 672 by sea, and 7,573 by land.
