Tempers flared on a Filipino holiday island, which is closing for six months, when two tourists fought over who would get the last spot on a sailboat.<br /><br />The Chinese and South Korean men began brawling on the beach in Boracay Island, which will close for six months due to the overload of tourists.<br /><br />Onlookers said the two men were jostling for the last place on a sailboat known locally as a “paraw.”<br /><br />The dispute happened on April 12 just days after President Rodrigo Duterte branded the island a “cesspool” and ordered the closure to start on April 26. <br /><br />“This is exactly the kind of reason the island is being closed,” onlooker Maria Gerdez said. “Too many people and too much overcrowding causing problems.”<br /><br />''It was strange to see two grown men fighting over something so silly,” Gerdez added. “They were behaving like juveniles.”
