Foreigners who decide to stay on in Kalibo are usually retirees who are married to locals. Some maintain businesses in Boracay and Kalibo. Work is generally scarce for foreigners, however, those that are entrepreneurial could engage in maintaining small businesses in Boracay and properties in Kalibo.
The renowned Ati-Atihan Festival is held every 3rd week of January, celebrated with frenetic dancing,
and drinking to the wee hours of the morning. Please see wikipedia article on this.
Kalibo, Aklan is also famous for the woven pineapple silk piña that is the darling of Philippine
fabrics and the choice of the elites and the landed. The silk was the fabric used in making the barong
that was worn by the leaders of the APEC countries during it's conference in the Philippines in 1996.
Aklan finally became an independent province when President Magsaysay signed into law on April 25,
1956, Republic Act 1414 separating Aklan from Capiz. This law was authored by Cong. Godofredo P.
Ramos .