weren’t ready to fold<\/a> on the Boracay casino. But now, Galaxy and LRWC have officially terminated their plans to bring slot machines and table games to the island.<\/p>\nBoracay Future<\/b><\/h2>\n
Duterte ordered Boracay to be closed in April 2018 to undergo an $18.5 million cleanup after the president said the island’s once turquoise waters “smell of sh*t.”<\/p>\n
Boracay reopened in October 2018, but with new restrictions, including the prohibition of alcohol, plastic bags, and drinking straws. There’s also now a cap on the number of overnight guests permitted.<\/p>\n
Duterte wants Boracay’s reputation to be restored to its former grandeur.<\/p>\n
In 2012, international magazine Travel + Leisure <\/i>named Boracay the Best Island in the World. Two years later, Conde Nast Traveler <\/i>ranked Boracay as the best island on the planet, too.<\/strong><\/p>\nBoracay failed to rank in Travel + Leisure’s <\/i>2018 Best Islands list. However, it still topped Conde Nast Traveler’s <\/i>2019 Best Islands in the World rankings. Conde Nast <\/i>said the 2018 “rehabilitation” compensated for “overcrowding and unregulated development.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The $550 million Boracay casino project proposed by Leisure & Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) and partner Galaxy Entertainment is being abandoned after months of uncertainty from federal officials in the Philippines. LRWC board interim chairman Eusebio Tanco revealed the termination last week at the Philippines Stock Exchange Bell Awards. Asked what the future holds for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":121845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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