Foreigners enjoy a stroll on the white sand beach of Boracay Island in Aklan province. INQUIRER聽 / LYN RILLON
BORACAY ISLAND, AKLAN鈥揕ocal officials will close Boracay to tourists starting midnight on Thursday 鈥渨ith or without鈥� an executive order issued by President Duterte.
In a press conference following a security simulation exercise along the long beach, Malay Mayor Ciceron Cawaling and Caticlan port administrator Nieven Maquirang said they would implement 鈥渢he President鈥檚 order.鈥�
Only residents and workers with identification cards and terminal passes will be allowed to purchase boat tickets and go to the island from the Caticlan jetty port.
Local government officials and government agencies have been awaiting the issuance of an executive order and a declaration of a state of calamity covering the three villages of the island.