Waig Spring Resort in Maramag, Bukidnon
Bukidnon has historical and cultural sites, natural beauty and sceneries and picnicking sites as natural resources. Among others, Bukidnon has several tourist attractions for promotion and development.
Its natural sceneries make it very attractive to tourists. These include verdant mountains, lakes, springs, and virgin forests. Almost every municipality has caves and waterfalls which are unexplored. These are great potentials ideal for spelunking and trekking.
For adventure seekers, Mt. Kitanglad, a national park, is home to rare bird species and is a challenge to mountain climbers. Various varieties of century old trees and various varieties of palms are found in a reforestation area in Impalutao, Impasugong.
Other emerging tourist destinations are the white rock wall climbing and rappelling and the blue water cave that has underwater source from a hidden cave which flows out of the Pulangui River found in Quezon, a southern municipality in Bukidnon.
As a historical destination, the province boasts of several spots that have brought American and Japanese veterans back to the province for sentimental journeys. The municipality of Manolo Fortich has the Hiroshima Shrine, Mangima Canyon and the Del Monte Airstrip where Douglas MacArthur took off for Australia. The City of Malaybalay was the location of a Japanese Garrison where the late Manuel Roxas and other Filipinos were imprisoned. The municipality of Cabanglasan was the last stand of the Japanese. It is in this Municipality where some of the Japanese surrendered.
Bukidnon is considered as a rice bowl and fruit and vegetable basket in the region. Two (2) sugar mills serve the sugarcane plantations. The pineapples of Del Monte, Philippines and the bananas of DOLE are exported out of the country, while lettuce, red cabbage, bell pepper, broccoli, potatoes and other vegetables are supplying the big food chains all over the country.
Several places of Bukidnon have been the constant locations where both domestic and foreign tourists frequently visit.
Priority infrastructure requirements of the industry essential in promoting and developing the tourism industry in Bukidnon include: transportation and telecommunication network, water, power, super structure and hospitality resources such as hotels, restaurants, tourism centers and shopping centers. road networks, bridges, foot bridges, hanging bridges and cable cars leading to the tourism sites are also a must for tourism development along with the establishment of a Bukidnon Museum. This museum can be supplemented with the establishment of tribal showcase centers/welcome centers placed strategically in Manolo Fortich, Omonay and Lorega. A cultural heritage center per tribe is also essential.
Below are the agriculture-based industries with high potentials for contributing to the province's economic growth:
1. High Value Vegetable and Processed Products
2. Fresh Fruits and Processed Products
3. Sugarcane and Processed Products (sugar and ethanol)
4. Wood-Based Products using fast growing species – Wooden gifts, toys, house wares and furniture
5. Organic Fertilizer
6. Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicine
7. Rubber and Rubber Products
8. Handicrafts (abaca, banana leaves, pineapple leaves, bamboo, guiyong and other raw materials)
9. Cutflower
10. Oil Palm
11. Cattle and Dairy
12. Swine and Poultry
13. Corn
14. Rice
15. Cassava
16. Coffee
17. Inland Fisheries
18. Mineral-based industries
19. Health and Wellness
20. Mountain and Spring Resorts
21. Organic Products – rice, banana, pineapple, vegetable, muscovado
22. Jathropa
Source: 2010 Provincial Trade and Industry Development Plan, DTI-Bukidnon
Its natural sceneries make it very attractive to tourists. These include verdant mountains, lakes, springs, and virgin forests. Almost every municipality has caves and waterfalls which are unexplored. These are great potentials ideal for spelunking and trekking.
For adventure seekers, Mt. Kitanglad, a national park, is home to rare bird species and is a challenge to mountain climbers. Various varieties of century old trees and various varieties of palms are found in a reforestation area in Impalutao, Impasugong.
Other emerging tourist destinations are the white rock wall climbing and rappelling and the blue water cave that has underwater source from a hidden cave which flows out of the Pulangui River found in Quezon, a southern municipality in Bukidnon.
As a historical destination, the province boasts of several spots that have brought American and Japanese veterans back to the province for sentimental journeys. The municipality of Manolo Fortich has the Hiroshima Shrine, Mangima Canyon and the Del Monte Airstrip where Douglas MacArthur took off for Australia. The City of Malaybalay was the location of a Japanese Garrison where the late Manuel Roxas and other Filipinos were imprisoned. The municipality of Cabanglasan was the last stand of the Japanese. It is in this Municipality where some of the Japanese surrendered.
Bukidnon is considered as a rice bowl and fruit and vegetable basket in the region. Two (2) sugar mills serve the sugarcane plantations. The pineapples of Del Monte, Philippines and the bananas of DOLE are exported out of the country, while lettuce, red cabbage, bell pepper, broccoli, potatoes and other vegetables are supplying the big food chains all over the country.
Several places of Bukidnon have been the constant locations where both domestic and foreign tourists frequently visit.
Priority infrastructure requirements of the industry essential in promoting and developing the tourism industry in Bukidnon include: transportation and telecommunication network, water, power, super structure and hospitality resources such as hotels, restaurants, tourism centers and shopping centers. road networks, bridges, foot bridges, hanging bridges and cable cars leading to the tourism sites are also a must for tourism development along with the establishment of a Bukidnon Museum. This museum can be supplemented with the establishment of tribal showcase centers/welcome centers placed strategically in Manolo Fortich, Omonay and Lorega. A cultural heritage center per tribe is also essential.
Below are the agriculture-based industries with high potentials for contributing to the province's economic growth:
1. High Value Vegetable and Processed Products
- Carrot Juice
- Vegetable Noodles
- Vegetable Soup
- Other processed vegetable products
2. Fresh Fruits and Processed Products
- Pineapple (Bromelain and other pineapple-based products)
- Banana (Banana chips, microwaveable saba)
- Durian
- Mango
- Passion Fruit
3. Sugarcane and Processed Products (sugar and ethanol)
4. Wood-Based Products using fast growing species – Wooden gifts, toys, house wares and furniture
5. Organic Fertilizer
6. Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicine
- Herbal Plants
- Medicinal Plants
- Yacon
7. Rubber and Rubber Products
8. Handicrafts (abaca, banana leaves, pineapple leaves, bamboo, guiyong and other raw materials)
- Abaca-based handicrafts
- Bamboo furniture and novelty items
- Fiber-based textiles made of pineapple leaves, abaca and banana stalks
- Bayong from abaca and other raw materials
- Corn-husks processing
- Agsam and other native products
- Soft broom
9. Cutflower
10. Oil Palm
11. Cattle and Dairy
- Integrated operation from feedlot growing, fattening, slaughtering, meat and milk processing
12. Swine and Poultry
13. Corn
14. Rice
15. Cassava
16. Coffee
17. Inland Fisheries
- Tilapia and Hito Production and Processing
- Aquarium / ornamental fish production
18. Mineral-based industries
- Clay processing (kitchen and earthen wares, construction bricks and tiles manufacturing
19. Health and Wellness
20. Mountain and Spring Resorts
21. Organic Products – rice, banana, pineapple, vegetable, muscovado
22. Jathropa
Source: 2010 Provincial Trade and Industry Development Plan, DTI-Bukidnon