Kwaphantse kwangabonwa, ngaphandle kwakwiiPhilippines. Ngomhla wama-29 kaJuni, inqwelomoya enezihlalo ezingama-60 evela kwisikhululo sasekhaya i-Zest Air yadlula indlela yeenqwelomoya ye-Caticlan Airport inyanzelise ukuvalwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Yaba sisiganeko esibi sesibini kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwisithuba seenyanga ezintandathu.
Ingxaki kukuba uCaticlan ukhonza eBoracay, enye yezona ndawo zidumileyo kwiiPhilippines. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya siphinde savulwa kodwa kuphela kwinqwelomoya encinci enezihlalo ezili-19 zenqwelomoya yabahambi iSE Air kunye nokusebenza kwendlela enye kuphela. Zonke ezinye iinqwelo-moya ezineenqwelo-moya ezinezihlalo ezingama-60 ukuya kwezingama-70 kwafuneka zijike umsebenzi wazo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esilandelayo eKalibo, uhambo olungaphezu kweeyure ezimbini kunye nokuhamba ngesikhephe ukusuka eBoracay Island.
Ukwakhiwa ngokutsha kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCaticlan ibingumxholo wexesha elide kukhenketho lwasePhilippine ngeprojekthi yokuphucula isikhululo seenqwelomoya. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sijikelezwe lulwandle kunye nenduli ebonelela ngeemeko ezinzima zokumisa iinqwelomoya. Umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wayo eneneni ulinganiselwe kuphela kwiimitha ezingama-970. Ungxamiseko luvela kwinto yokuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya ngoku siphakathi kwezona zintlanu zixakekileyo elizweni ezinabakhweli abamalunga nama-800,000 ngonyaka.
Ngo-2007, iGunyabantu leSizwe lezoQoqosho noPhuhliso (NEDA) liphumeze ulwakhiwo lwetheminali yabakhweli yezigidi ezingama-44 zeedola zase-US ukuze incede ukunyuka kwabatyeleli kwiSiqithi sase-Boracay. Kwiprojekthi yokugqibela, ebilindeleke ukuba igqitywe ngo-2014, ifaskoti kunye nomgaqo weenqwelo-moya ziza kwandiswa ngokubangwa komhlaba kwakhona. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya siya kwandiswa indlela yaso ukuya kwi-2,100 yeemitha, ngokwaneleyo ukwamkela inqwelomoya ukuya kuthi ga kwiBoeing 737. Izithuthi zamazwe ngamazwe, nangona kunjalo, ziya kuqhubeka ukuhlala kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKalibo.
Kodwa emva kwaloo ngozi, iSebe LezoKhenketho lakwiiPhilippines neSebe Lezothutho lakwiiPhilippines baye basebenzisana ukuze kukhawuleziswe ukulungiswa kwesikhululo seenqwelo-moya. Isicwangciso kukucofa inxenye yenduli eselumelwaneni ukususa imiqobo ecaleni komgaqo weenqwelo-moya. Imisebenzi iza kuqukunjelwa kule nyanga, phambi kokuqala kwexesha eliphakamileyo, i-ICAO (I-International Civil Aviation Organisation) incedisa urhulumente kwiinzame zakhe zokuphucula umgaqo weenqwelo-moya kunye nokhuseleko lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Bebezizicwangciso zangaphambili zokuthoba induli ekufutshane ngokupheleleyo kodwa kusenokwenzeka bajongane noqhanqalazo lwabemi abayingqongileyo kwakunye neengcali zokusingqongileyo, abafumana ilizwi elingakumbi kweli lizwe. Eminye iProjekthi yoPhuhliso lweSikhululo seSikhululo seSikhululo saseCaticlan emva koko iya kuxhaswa ngemali yi-Caticlan International Airport kunye ne-Development Corp. (CIADC), inkampani ephethwe yiPhilippines ngendlela ye-build-operate-transfer (BOT) operation. Noko ke, kubabukeli abaninzi basekhaya nabangaphandle abasebenza kummandla wokhenketho, iingxaki esijamelene nazo iSikhululo seenqwelo-moya saseCaticlan lelinye nje ibali eliqhelekileyo “enziwa kwiiPhilippines.” “Kudala sisiva malunga nokulungiswa okuyimfuneko kweSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCaticlan. Kwaye okwenzekileyo kweyeSilimela ophelileyo kukubonakalisa nje iingxaki elijongene nazo ilizwe lethu xa kuziwa kuphuhliso lweziseko ezingundoqo. Kusekho indlela ende yokufumana iziseko zothutho kwimigangatho yezizwe ngezizwe kwaye oku kujika kube sisithintelo esikhulu kuphuhliso olufanelekileyo lokhenketho kwiziqithi zethu, utshilo uCandice Iyog, usekela mongameli weNtengiso yeCebu Pacific Air.
I-Boracay eNtshona Visayas lelinye lawona mabali aphumeleleyo kwiiPhilippines kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. Ngokutsho kwedatha evela kwiBhodi yeSizwe yoLungelelaniso lweNkcazo, iBoracay ibone inani elipheleleyo labakhenkethi likhula ukusuka kwi-200,000 ngo-2000 ukuya kwi-635,000 kwi-2008-kuquka i-200,000 yokufika kwamanye amazwe. Isiqithi sisodwa senza ngaphezulu kwe-US $275 yezigidi ngonyaka kwingeniso yabakhenkethi.
Idatha ibonisa ukuba i-69 ekhulwini kubo bonke abahambi bamazwe ngamazwe ukuya e-Boracay bavela kuMntla-mpuma we-Asia, kunye neKorea kuphela emele i-46 ekhulwini kubo bonke abafikayo bangaphandle- kunye neepesenti ze-13 ezivela eYurophu.
Intsholongwane ye-H1N1 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ayiphumelelanga ekukhuleni kwendawo ekusingwa kuyo kulo nyaka. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zowama-2009, abafika eBoracay bande ngaphezu kwe-5 ekhulwini ukuya kutsho kuma-400,000 abatyeleli.
Kulo nyaka, iBoracay inokuphela ngabakhenkethi abamalunga nama-675,000 ukuya kuma-700,000 elunxwemeni lwayo. Iihotele ezintsha zedeluxe zivulwe kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, eyokugqibela yiFairways Golf Resort kunye ne Country Club, iDiscovery Shores Boracay, iMandala Spa kunye neVillas Boracay kwaye kutsha nje iShangri-La Boracay Resort kunye neSpa.
