{"id":46031,"date":"2015-03-31T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T10:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46031"},"modified":"2015-03-31T22:44:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T14:44:12","slug":"more-tourists-expected-in-boracay-following-opening-of-kalibo-airports-new-wing-dotc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/31\/more-tourists-expected-in-boracay-following-opening-of-kalibo-airports-new-wing-dotc\/","title":{"rendered":"More tourists expected in Boracay following opening of Kalibo airport\u2019s new wing &#8212; DOTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36162\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/boracay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36162\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/boracay.png\" alt=\"Boracay beachfront (Dayanetang \/ Wikipedia)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/boracay.png 480w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/boracay-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boracay beachfront (Dayanetang \/ Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said on Monday it is expecting more tourists to flock to Boracay in Aklan this summer following the opening of the Kalibo International Airport\u2019s (KIA) new wing.<\/p>\n<p>DOTC announced the opening of the airport\u2019s arrival area\u2019s new wing last March 26 as part of the agency\u2019s continuing push to modernize the country\u2019s transportation systems.<\/p>\n<p>The airport\u2019s departure area will begin operating on Tuesday (March 31) with 10 new check-in counters added to the section.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, the nearly 4,000-square meter expansion comes at a price tag of PhP44.3-million. It will enable the airport to accommodate an additional 800 passengers at any given time.<\/p>\n<p>All domestic flights will be transferred to the new wing of the terminal, while international flights will remain in the original portion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy to open Kalibo International Airport\u2019s (KIA) new wing right as we enter the summer season,\u201d DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs always, we expect a high volume of visitors to Boracay in the next couple of months, so the new section will help meet this peak period demand,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Boracay Island was recently cited by US travel website Conde Nast Traveler as among the 10 best island beaches for partying in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>It was also recently named as the best beach in Asia by the world\u2019s largest travel website, TripAdvisor in its 2015 Traveler&#8217;s Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Tourism (DOT), meanwhile, welcomed the island\u2019s latest achievements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said on Monday it is expecting more tourists to flock to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":36162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","category-travel","mauthors-azer-n-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}