18/05/2017
HOST COMMUNITY / LOCAL RESIDENT
Boracay considered as the nature’s gift for the tourist is a small island stretching across several kilometers of land with northern tip narrowing upto one kilometer. The butterfly shaped island has a very small population of 12,003 people as per the figures available till the year 2000.
Boracay Island is located northwest of Panay Island. Aklan province is located near the town of Malay municipality and has a population of about 16,000 people. Barangay is divided into three areas Yapak, Balabag and Manoc-Manoc.
The first settlers of Boracay were a Negrito people called the Ati, and who spoke a Visayan language called Inati. Later settlers brought other languages to the island, including Aklanon (as Boracay is part of Aklan province), Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), Kinaray-a, Capiznon, other Visayan languages, Filipino, and English.
Boracay would not have been known in the history of tourism had not a few travelers treaded on the white sands of the beautiful sea water beach. Some believes that it was a movie group that had made the world know bout this place. Whatever may be the fact, this beautiful island began to be explored by people from European countries especially from Switzerland and Germany. Some of these travelers were so enchanted by the beauty of the place that settled down here in the serene island. Population of Boracay is a mixed population of the Germans, Swiss, British, Australian, Bavarians, Belgians and Australians.
In 2010 the Island counted 28,369 inhabitants.
