Caticlan Jetty Port bares new improvements

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The Caticlan Jetty Port in Barangay Caticlan, Malay, Aklan is on track to become a world class tourism facility with its new improvements.

The port now has Wi-Fi and boat transportation is available 24/7.

There are also three bay watchtowers in this resort island to secure the tourists who are swimming at sea.

Caticlan Jetty Port Administrator Niven Maquirang said these developments are part of their endeavor to elevate their firm to meet global standards such as providing tourists free access to the Internet.

“We have posted the Internet connection password on the tourism information center so everyone can have free access to the Internet,” he said.

Maquirang said the free access to the Internet helps tourists, who come to this resort island for business or pleasure, communicate with their families and relatives.

Meanwhile, the jetty port management considered a 24/7 availability of motor bancas in cooperation with the Boracay Transport Multi-Purpose Cooperative to ferry tourists in and out of Boracay Island any time of the day.

The Caticlan Jetty Port is the official entry and exit point of all tourists coming in and out of Boracay Island.

Maquirang disclosed that the Kalibo International Airport is now also considering 24/7 flights because of the continuous direct flights from Hong Kong, Korea, China and Taiwan.

“SMART communications has also approved our request of donating three bay watchtowers for Boracay Island. The tower will be used by our bay watch volunteers in cooperation with the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Department of Tourism,” Maquirang said.


Source: Panaynews

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Unified ticketing system soon in Caticlan, Cagban ports

The unified ticketing system in the Caticlan and Cagban jetty ports will be implemented within the year.
Jetty port administrator Nieven Maquirang said the new system is part of the government loan to enhance the facilities of the jetty ports.
The unified ticketing system costing P33-million is designed for the roll-on roll-off (roro) vessels, pumpboats and for passengers entering the Caticlan and Cagban jetty ports. The environmental, terminal fees and the boat fare, he said, are collected and integrated into one ticket for faster and efficient service for the visitors and residents of Boracay Island.
“For the past years, we received quite a lot of complaints from tourists, especially foreigners, of the present ticketing system. With the unified scheme, we are putting up an ‘all-in-one’ ticketing card to solve the predicament of tourists. At the same time, the share or income of the provincial and local governments, boat operators and fast crafts are directly credited to them within the day,” he said.
Maquirang also stressed the turnstile slots for the comprehensive ticket card and the x-ray machines with metal detector could now be set up this year.
Under the new system, passengers will go direct to swipe their ticketing card in the turnstile, which saves them the trouble to carry loose change for payment of the fees charged to them. Then, they have to wait in the holding area inside the jetty port prior to boarding the pump boats or roll-on roll-off vessels using the boarding pass.
Maquirang said the provincial government is also looking into the possibility to introduce the travel ticket cards for tourists entering the Kalibo International Airport in the capital town of Kalibo.
In the first four months this year, Boracay received 92,633 foreigners of the total 291,443 tourists, data of the Department of Tourism showed.

Source: aklanforum

This improvement is a good to everybody especially the travelers/tourist who visit Boracay Island, having a wifi access adds more good points to be able to attract guest, especially those travel for business even for pleasure because internet is the common use for source of communication all over the world, with this traveling far away from their place will not cause hassle on communicating.