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Overpriced? Netizens question price of seafood sold on Panglao island

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<p><strong>(UPDATED)</strong> Netizens who recently visited the Virgin Island of Panglao, Bohol are criticizing the price of seafood sold along the shore.</p><p>The Virgin Island visit is part of the island-hopping tour in the province, as the area boasts of clear waters and white sand.</p><p>In a post by Vilma Uy, it showed that a group of tourists paid over P26,000 for food that they ordered.</p><p>&quot;Ingon ani na diay kamahal ang pagkaon sa Virgin Island, Bohol? (Is this how expensive food at Virgin Island, Bohol is?)&quot; said Uy in her post.</p><p>She also took a photo of the handwritten written bill where oysters where priced at P3,000, while the sea urchin was at P2,300.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/01/20220801-overpriced1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/01/20220801-overpriced2.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Uy&#x27;s post now has more than 5,000 shares as of writing.</p><p>The local government of Panglao was alarmed at the amount paid by Uy and her companions.</p><p>Panglao Tourism Officer Leonides Senica said they have set a meeting with the group of vendors in Virgin Island to clarify the issue.</p><p>Senica said their office is looking into prohibiting the sale of food on the sandbar.</p><div><strong>- reports from Annie Perez and RC Dalaguit-de Vela</strong></div></div></div></div>

Netizens who recently visited the Virgin Island of Panglao, Bohol are criticizing the price of seafood sold along the shore.