Friday, March 21, 2008

European favorite Bulabog beach of Boracay island

Russians have finally discovered Bulabog Beach, the other major attraction of Boracay aside from being 3x voted world's best tropical beach. Bulabog beach was already popular among Europeans in the early late 80's to early 90's because of the beacutiful lagoon protected by a reef, with consistent side on shore windy conditions, and shallow waist deep prestine and warm waters...
The annual Boracay International Funboard Cup (windsurfing and kitesurfing event) is held in Bulabog beach for the last 20 years and made regular followers from all over the world that comes back every year to compete in what is also known as "Asia's Best Boardsailing Blast" as titled by HK based Action Asia Magazine..

Asian Windsurfing Tour and Green Yard Funboard Center worked together for the last 10 years to maximize its exposure worldwide by hiring Sports show inernational to cover the event every january Boracay Cup and financed by the Department of Tourism. The event had a dedicated 30 minutes tv production and shown in Starsports, ESPN and other international sports program on TV targetting 175million household worldwide.

This year, hundreds of Russians came to hold their Russian Cup in Bulabog Beach and celebrated their Russian New Year at the white beach ...DOT supported the event and made sure they had a great time durign their 40 days stay in boracay...they have bigger plans next year and according to the head of the group, Mr Andre , also a veteran windsurfing competitor, they are coming back next year with more Russians because they discovered that Boracay has better facilities, good restaurants, great shopping, legendary parties nightly, people can communicate well, with great reliable windy conditions that is also ideal for learning (opposite of) Vietnam which has terrible beach breaks...The Russians were a regular visitor every winter at red sea and Muine in Vietnam in the last 3 years...
DOT should promote heavily Boracay's other side as other important destination in the Philippines because of the fact that there are only two places in Asia which has strong winds and in a resort island,.... You can only find this in Boracay and Vietnam...This is not found in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia...The windsurfers and kitesurfers profile are middle class or company bosses that goes for a minimum of one week to two weeks holiday in windy places only . They travel alone or with partners and family and spend at least US$150/day for the room, food, drinks, windsurf or kite activities.

Minimum number or kite or windsurfign enthusiast coming to Bulabog beach every year is 3,500-4,000 per season (November to mid-March) giving the island a sure US$ 4,200,000 not including their family or friends travelling with them...

But we need help in maintaining our bay clean for this windsport enthusiast.. .DOT is needed very badly to come in and help us sustain Bulabog's prestine waters ....Asec Cynthia Carrion was in Bulabog last january to attend the Russian Kitesurfing Cup awarding and she was also the special guest in the a Philippines only annual and most successful international sporting event , the Neil Pryde Boracay International Funboard Cup last january 7-12...there were 92 kitesurfers and windsurfers from 18 countries that came to participate in the event. She is helping us now to get help from DOT and the office of the President to assist in Bulabog beach and other environmental concerns...

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