Party island of Boracay reopens minus drinking, smoking and raw sewage
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and agencies from on (#41KS0)
Philippines tourism hotspot limits visitor numbers and clears out casinos and beach vendors
The Philippines has reopened its famous holiday island of Boracay - spruced up and newly regulated after it was closed to mend decades of harm caused by unchecked tourism.
The sandy idyll was closed to visitors in April after President Rodrigo Duterte called it a "cesspool" tainted by raw sewage flowing from hotels and restaurants straight into the sea.
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