Oslob and Donsol, Philippines - A couple of hundred metres from the shore more than 20 boats carrying holiday-makers are lined up in two rows. Between the rows, excited tourists with snorkels and GoPros on selfie sticks swim among whale sharks feeding on plankton thrown by the boatmen. During the tourist season, more than 1,500 sightseers descend each day on Oslob, a town of 30,000 on the island of Cebu. Tourism based on interacting with the world's largest fish has taken off since beginning there in 2011. The town's annual industry is now worth more than $1m. About 500km north of Oslob, on the neighboring island of Luzon where the capital Manila is located, lies Donsol, the coastal town which ...
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