AFTER Boracay Island, the sandbar and diving site on Sumilon Island in Cebu will also be closed to visitors temporarily.
But this time, the municipal government of Oslob in southern Cebu is taking the initiative.
The municipal government hung a streamer announcing the temporary closure of the site from April 10 to 16, 2018 to allow its clean-up and rehabilitation.
Sumilon Island, situated off the southeastern tip of Cebu, is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Oslob, but the island is being managed by Bluewater Sumilon Island Resort.
According to the resort's website, the 24-hectare island is within the first marine protected area in the Philippines that was made a fish sanctuary in 1974 under the guidance of Silliman University Marine Reserve. (VoxPop Philippines)