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The
Location Boracay Beach is off the northwestern
tip of Panay Island in the Visayan Region and is
about 300kms south of the Capitol of Manila. It
has become the number one tourist destination of
the Philippines. Travelers from all over the
globe come to see the world's most beautiful
beach-"White Sands Beach".
Boracay is shaped like a dumb-bell, it is 7 km.
long and the narrowest spot is nearly 1 km.
wide. Land area is approximately 1, 083 hectares
with about 6,000 locals. The island belongs to
the municipality of Malay in Aklan province and
consists of three communities locally called
"barangay". Yapak in the northern barangay,
Balabag in the central barangay and Manoc-Manoc
in the southern barangay. The northern and
southern parts of the island rise into
picturesque hills, with elevations of 100 meters
above sea level which face the sea with weather
worn cliffs. The Island has numerous scattered
villages interconnected by a maze of locally
carved jungle pathways.
Boracay boasts of having one of the world's
finest beaches - White Beach, a broad 3.5
kilometer stretch of sugary white sand, washed
by crystal clear turquoise water. Boracay's pure
white beaches are a sun worshipper's heaven on
earth. If lying on a perfect white beach under
the tropical sun sipping some exotic drink
forgetting the stresses of life is your
conception of relaxation than this is the place
for you.
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