“The islanders subsisted on farming and fishing until Boracay was ‘discovered’ by international tourists in the 1980s.  The result was an intense pressure on the island’s infrastructures, and the need for electricity, a central water supply and a system of sewage disposal soon became apparent.  With the invasion of ‘drifter’ tourists, middle-class and family-oriented tourists declined in number, but the amount of garbage and other forms of pollution increased(…) ,and land values increased astronomically (…) Furthermore, drunkenness, narcotics and prostitution were imported into the island by the tourists, who also proceeded to deplete coral resources already damaged by the islanders fishing practices.
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