This ethnographic study presents the Hambilanons’ reaction and movement toward the expected consequences brought about by recent developments at the Carabao Island, deemed as the next Boracay. Hambil, or Carabao Island, is a Romblomanon city-island situated beside Boracay, among the popular islands in the country.  Hambil’s pristine white-sand beaches, dive sites, and other potential tourist destinations that are comparable to those in Boracay have drawn foreign investors; a circumstance that drove the local government to initiate developments to the island; such as the institution of an international aeroport, rezoning of the area, and a shift of the livelihood for the residents. The situation has met different feedbacks from the Hambilanon community, some in a positive light because of the promise of alternative sources of income. Most of the residents of Isla de Carabao show enthusiasm on the impending modifications on the locality and, subsequently, their ways of living.  Eager though they may have been, they nevertheless acknowledge the subsequent unfavourable impacts due to the changes in the land-use patterns of the residents. Even though most of the residents of Carabao Island show enthusiasm on the modifications that would be done to the locality and to their way of living, they acknowledge the subsequent unfavourable impacts that might affect the island due to these changes in the land-use patterns of the residents. Witnessing what they believe as the degradation of Boracay, the Hambilanons go hand-in-hand in formingstrategies through continued communal meetings; and policies, such as those concerning spatial distribution, to regulate land utilisation to preserve the traditional way of life in Hambil and prevent environmental crises that might result from land conversion.