For those who missed it…. The island of Boracay in central Philippines is classified as one of the world’s most beautiful islands. With an influx of thousands of tourists visiting its beaches annually, it generates millions of US dollars for the government from tourism revenue alone. But the increasing commercial development has driven the islands indigenous tribe, the Atis, away from their homes.For decades, they have remained poor, uneducated and marginalised, and as the government tries to help them relocate by granting them a part of the islands most sought-after swaths of land by developers, the Atis worry for their safety.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 04:01:18 +0000
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