Eco-Tourism Development Fee of El Nido, Palawan
El Nido, Palawan has a total land cover of 92,000 hectares with 45 islands, 2,645 hecatares of mangrove forest, 447 species of corals, 888 species of fish, 5 species of marine turtles and 114 species of birds. With such a wide spread area there should be a big fund to support and protect them. That’s where the Eco-Tourism Development Fee (ETDF) comes.
The collection of the ETDF is a way to maintain a sustainable protection program of El Nido’s natural resources from the high impact of tourism on the environment.