Nudity, Skimpy Wear May Be Punished In Boracay

[Nudity]

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1177543/soon-in-boracay-ban-on-nudity-skimpy-wear


The Taiwanese tourist:
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/10/taiwanese-tourist-fined-for-wearing.html


"many found the bikini indecent and disrespectful."

She should have just gone naked. Then many would not have found her bikini to be
indecent and disrespectful.


https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1177543/soon-in-boracay-ban-on-nudity-skimpy-wear


ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Nudity and wearing “extremely skimpy” swimsuits in
public areas may soon be prohibited on Boracay Island.

The municipal council of Malay in Aklan province, where the world famous Boracay
beaches are located, is mulling over an amendment to municipal ordinances to
include a ban on public nudity.

“We will be discussing possible measures but among those is to amend existing
ordinances or pass a new one,” Councilor Maylyn Aguirre-Graf told the Inquirer on
Monday.

The planned measure was prompted by the controversial wearing of an extremely
skimpy swimsuit by a Taiwanese tourist on Boracay beach last week.

The tourist wore a “microkini,” which barely covered her private parts. She drew
various reactions when her photographs went viral on social media.

The tourist, who was with her boyfriend, was asked to report to the Boracay police
on Thursday. They left the island on Friday after she paid a P2,500 fine ($43 USD).

But the imposition of the fine also raised questions as there was no existing
ordinance prohibiting nudity or the wearing of skimpy attire on the beach or other
public areas on the 1,032-hectare island.

Instead, the police issued a citation ticket against the Taiwanese woman for
violating a provision of a 2013 ordinance that prohibits photographers from
“taking lewd and/or excessively erotic pictures.”

According to some residents, the ordinance covers only photographers, and not
tourists.

In the case of the Taiwanese tourist, she could have been fined for alarm and
scandal under the Revised Penal Code.

Tolerated

Topless bathing mostly by foreign tourists was tolerated in Boracay until the
early 1990s when there were still few tourists and residents on the island.

But the surge in visitor arrivals and population growth on the island also meant
less secluded and private areas.

About a decade ago, local officials also proposed an ordinance prohibiting sex in
public areas after tourists were filmed making love on the beach. But the proposed
measure was not approved.

According to Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the Boracay Interagency
Rehabilitation Management Group, which supervises the rehabilitation of the
island, they support the passing of an ordinance on nudity and extremely skimpy
attire.

“We want Boracay to be a family-oriented tourist destination. This is also why we
stopped beach parties,” she said.

‘Ridiculous’

But an expatriate, who has been living on the island for decades, said passing
such ordinance was “ridiculous,” adding that the town council should focus on many
other “outdated ordinances on urgent concerns.”

“This was an isolated incident. They want to be holier than the Pope. It’s best we
declare Boracay a monastery so they can ban tight shorts and skimpy bikinis,” said
the expatriate, who asked not to be identified to avoid antagonizing local officials.