j) ---- History and Culture of BORACAY
The name Boracay has various rumoured origins. One of which was that it is drived from the local word of borac �which means cotton in reference to the white cotton like colour and texture of Boracays sand.
The Negritos or Atis are the indiginous peoples of Boracay, being the first settlers and were farmers and fishermen.
Depending on fishing , and Copra ( the meat of the cocconut which was traded on the nearby mainland of Aklan ) in the 40's and 50's , the main income of the island changed to tourism when tourists started to arrive in the 60's and 70's and moreso after a book published by a German visitor in 1978� .The total number of visitors grew to over 500.000 in 2005. The White beach of Boracay has been voted Asias best beach on a number of occasions.
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