Philippines: El Nido's beach contamination by Sherbien Dacalanio
Mayor Nieves Rosento of El Nido says that the degrading water quality in the town’s public beach remains a problem with 80% of the establishments do not have wastewater discharge permit and permit to operate thus contaminated water from business establishments are directly channeled to the beach.
El Nido, one of the most visited tourist attraction in the Philippines with a recorded 250,000 visitors in 2017 is facing problem like Boracay because of illegal structures and establishments that contributes to the contamination of beach water and poor garbage disposal.
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