The tourism boom in world-famous Boracay Island may have led to a 70.5% decline in coral cover from 1988 to 2011. This was the finding of a study funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and conducted from 2010 to 2015 by Filipino and Japanese tourists. Scientists found that the highest decrease in coral cover happened from 2008 to 2011, when tourist arrivals surged by 38.4%. The damage to coral reefs was attributed to unmonitored snorkeling and diving activities.
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