Bizzmen worried
Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre
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The Boracay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) are worried on the effects of climate change in this resort island as dry season continues leading to the belief that this seven-kilometer stretch resort island is already under stress.
Lyzzelle Ceralde, secretary general of the BCCI said that Boracay this year has no respite because of the continous dry season affecting this resort island due to the climate change. In normal condition, the months of June until September is considered a lean season making this resort island rest from stressful tourism activities.
Starting October until May next year the peak season will be highlighted as stakeholders and businessmen are expected to come in droves to enjoy Boracay recently regain its worldwide recognition as one of the top ten best beach in the world.
"Right now, the BCCI are coordinating with the Department of Tourism on what to do in the possible implications of climate change in the resort island. We wanted to prioritize the Boracay's coral reefs because it is one of the most hardly hit by the global warming so far," Cerralde said.
Based in the report of the Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA), 90 percent of Boracay's coral reefs have already been destroyed compared to that of 2004 report which is only about 45 percent.
"The GCRA said that many of the causes of the coral reef destructions in this resort island were caused by the global warming, the attack of the crown of thorns and coral reef-eating snails including man-made activities," Cerralde said.
According to the reports of the DOT from January until July of this year, this resort island have registered 387,288 tourists which is already an annual tourists record in 1990's.
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