Philippines yearns for foreign tourists as entry restrictions ease

Boracay island remains the top tourist attraction in the Philippines. - Bloomberg

MANILA (Xinhua): Tom, a yacht worker on Boracay island in central Philippines, found his life full of hope after seeing more foreign tourist arrivals on the resort island famous for powdery white-sand beaches.

"The pandemic is very difficult for us, but now the (tourism of) Boracay is going into the recovery stage. We expect a lot of tourists coming from different countries to come here for vacations," Tom told Xinhua.