The national government wants to boost terminal fees at the Caticlan Airport (or the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport) to P200 per outgoing passenger from the present P20. The Aklan provincial government, on the other hand, intends to hike the jetty terminal fee for inbound and outbound tourists to P75 from P50. Aklanons are exempt from the fee increase, however.
The planned increase in airport terminal fees represents a 900 percent jump while the jetty terminal fee will climb by 50 percent. READ MORE...