Boracay of the Philippines, there was a recorded 1,725,483 visitors to Boracay in 2016. In 2015, there were 250 thousand fewer people who visited the island. Assuming the average length of stay of tourists to Boracay is three days, there were 14,182 tourists in Boracay daily in 2016, not counting the official population of 33,109. According to Malay municipal records more than two million tourists visited the island in 2017. Boracay is one competitive venue for the Asian Windsurfing Tour, with the week-long Boracay International Funboard Cup competition usually held in January on Bulabog Beach. . CNNGo, a division of CNN
Christmas Island Resort formally opened as the Christmas Island Casino and Resort on 18 December 1993. As envisaged, the casino catered mainly to a wealthy Asian clientele, with most of its patrons flying in from Jakarta, often by private jet. Business was facilitated by the Australian government, which issued special short-term visas for Christmas Island. Initially the resort ran at a profit, with most revenue coming from the casino. However, after 1994, CIR made losses. The resort was badly affected by the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98, and it suspended operations on 23 April 1998. On 28 July 1998 the Australian Minister for