The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold a dry run on October 15 to 25 to find out what else needs to be done before Boracay Island opens its doors anew to tourists on October 26. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the dry run would be open to local tourists, with natives of Aklan province as priority. “We will [initially] test 1,000 rooms, then the following day, another 1,000. We will check the performance of the hotels [in terms of their sewerage system and water quality],” Cimatu said in a news conference in Quezon City on Thursday.

Gomez, E., & Cueto, F. E. A. (2018, August 24). Dry run set ahead of Boracay reopening. The Manila Times, p. A2.