Tourist Attraction: Aklan

Aklan: Lasting Paradise

Boracay: The Beach Capital of the Philippines

Boracay Island is situated at the northwestern tip of Panay, a large Island in Western Visayas. It is part of the town of Malay in Aklan

Province. It is only compose of three barangays namely: the "Yapak" in the north portion; "Balabag" in the Center and "Manoc-Manoc" in the south. The tropical climate makes it ideal to visit Boracay all year round.

The mystic of Boracay is that it was gifted with sugary-white and powder fine sand, considered one of the nature's wonders that makes Boracay's white beach famous to the world. Walking barefoot in an almost magical white sand is a fad, for the sand seems to have a therapeutic effects on the senses. What's amazing is that the sand never burns your feet, no matter how hot the day gets. With the white sand, comes the crystalline, azure water where the ocean floors can be seen sloping steeply.

During the day, the color of the sky blends with that of the sea while at night, the sands glow to give its magical splendor. The shoreline is lined with coconut palms and in the inner, higher places, the tropical forest remains. There are bat caves with bats hanging on the ceilings during the day.

FACTS & FIGURES

Land area : 9.67 sq. km
No. of Barangays: 3
Total Population: 18,229
Population density: 1,241 per sq. km
No. of Households: 2,303
No. of schools: 1 National High     School; 1 Elementary School; 1 Primary School
No. of Resorts: 331
No. of Tourist Arrivals: 779,666
     Domestic: 474,097
     Foreign: 278,531
Tourist     Receipts: P14,332,911,944.20
Source: DOT 2010