What an absolute shame, but kudos to you for bringing some attention to the unfortunate over-touristing of the area. As a Filipino-American who has regretfully never been to Palawan, I'm bummed about this, but hopefully the Filipino government will put measures in place to conserve and protect the area like they did with Boracay.
Disheartening to hear about the bias and prejudice you experienced and witnessed there. Tourist behavior is so often utterly horrifying to the point that I feel like local governments/tourism boards need to work more closely with embassies to keep visitor behavior in check.
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There are other parts of Palawan that isn't so touristy yet like Port Barton (but getting more popular now) that you can check out when you visit the PH. Hopefully things improve. I think local tour operators are aware of the possible shutdown/rehab of parts of the islands if it gets worse and they don't want that to happen.
I agree that we shouldn't tolerate this behavior. I was just so happy to join a group outside that hostel that were unlike them. :)
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