HISTORY

The name Misamis Oriental was derived from the word Misa, a Spanish term for mass or a church rite. When Christianity was still new in the Philippines, the converts were usually heard to shout "Misa!, Misa!" every time the priests traveled in the area. Thus, over a period of time, the Spanish missionaries called the province "Misamis".

Other sources revealed the word "Misamis" is derived from "KUYAMIS", a variety of sweet coconut which was the staple food of the earliest known Negrito settlers of the territory. The word "KUYAMIS" was corrupted to Misamis when the Spanish colonizers came.

The Cagayan de Oro City’s name can be traced back during the arrival of the Recollect friars in 1622, the area around Himologan was already known as "Cagayan". In fact, early Spanish documents in the 1500s already referred to the place as "Cagayan". The area of Northern Mindanao, which included Cagayan, was granted as an encomienda to a certain Juan Griego on January 25, 1571. How did this name originate, when we also know that there is a Cagayan in Luzon and a Cagayan in Sulu? Language researchers trace the etymology of the name "Cagayan" as coming from the Proto-Philippine language, the root of many Filipino languages. In this language, which was Malayo-Polynesian, the word for water was "ag". "Agus" was the "flow of the water" hence "agusan" was "the place where there is a flow of the water". In that same language, "kagay" meant "river". "Kagay-an" meant "the place of the river". That is the root of the name of Cagayan, derived from the great river that runs through the city.

Location. The Province Misamis Oriental is one of the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao and situated along the northern coast of the resource-rich Mindanao island. It is bounded on the north by Macajalar Bay, on the west by Iligan Bay; on the east by Agusan Del Norte; and on the south and southwest by the provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte respectively.

It has two (2) major bays- Macajalar Bay on the western part and Gingoog Bay on the eastern portion. Its strategic location and large open bays make the province the principal distribution center of the region.

Cagayan de Oro as the capital city of Misamis Oriental is geographically located between the central coastline of Macajalar Bay and the naturally rich plateaus and mountains of Bukidnon and Lanao Del Norte to the south. It is bounded by the two municipalities of Misamis Oriental : Tagoloan and Opol on the east and west respectively.

It is 491 miles (810 air kilometers) or an hour and twenty (20) minutes away by plane from Metro Manila and thirty (30) minutes from Cebu. Traveling by sea, the voyage takes thirty (30) hours from Manila and nine (9) hours from Cebu. By land, the place can be reached within forty (40) hours from Manila.

Political Subdivision. The province has two (2) cities, its capital city Cagayan de Oro and the charter city of Gingoog and 24 municipalities, (14 on the eastern side/10 on the western side. The farthest municipality on the western side is Lugait and on the eastern side is Magsaysay.

Cagayan de Oro City has 57 urban barangays and 23 rural barangays ) while Misamis Oriental has a total of 502 barangays.

Land Area. The province has a total land area of 3,570.01 square kilometers. This includes the cities of Gingoog and Cagayan de Oro. Claveria, the only land-locked municipality, has the largest area at 894.90 square kilometers while the smallest municipality is Binuangan with an area of 30.00 square kilometers.
Cagayan de Oro City’s total land area of 488.86 square kilometers represents 13.7% of the entire Misamis Oriental. It has about 25 kilometers of coastline and a fine deep water harbor within Macajalar Bay.

Topography. Misamis Oriental is characteristically rugged where mountains and hills occupy approximately seventy percent (70%) of total land area. The highlands are punctuated by mountain ranges, coastal plains and valleys are traversed by rivers of various forms and sizes that provide adequate underground water supply throughout the area. On the eastern portion of the province are two (2) inactive volcanic cones - Mt. Balatucan, which at 2,560 meters, is the highest peak and Mt. Lumot.

Cagayan de Oro City is characterized by a narrow coastal plain along the Macajalar Bay and by highland areas separated by steeply inclined slopes. The lowland is relatively flat and elevation is not more than 10 meters above sea level. The highlands bound the city in the south from east to west. They consist of plateaus, terraces, hills, mountains, canyons and gorges bound the city in the south from east to west.

Soil Type. The soil type of the province is predominantly clay, alluvium, shale, sandstone, coralline & limestone, which are abundant in some municipalities. But clay is predominant in Cagayan de Oro. Other textures range from sand, loan to clay loan is also found in the city.

Climate. The Province is blissfully located outside the typhoon belt and earthquake faults. The coldest month is noted in January while the hottest is August. The dry season is from November to April and wet season is from May to October. Average temperature is 27 Centigrade.

Land Use Classification. The province is generally classified into forestland (47% of land area) and 53% are alienable and disposable lands. But as of 1996, DENR-10 reported that forestland now occupies only an area of 6,243 hectares.

As of 2003, Cagayan de Oro's actual land use on the zoning ordinance is generally classified into agricultural and non-agricultural. The agricultural area represents 34.88% of the total area.

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THE PEOPLE

Population. As of Censal Year 2000, the province registered the largest population at 1.126 million people among the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao, with more or less 41% recorded as Cagayan de Oro’s population. The residents of the province are a mixture of Maranaw, Spanish, American and Chinese blood.

Languages Spoken. The local dialect is Cebuano but majority of the people can speak and understand Tagalog and English. Other ethnic dialects are Higaonon, Ilongo, Waray among others.

Religious Affiliations. Roman Catholic is the dominant religion, represented by almost 80% of the population. Other religious affiliations include Protestants, Baptists, Evangelicals, Iglesia Ni Kristo, Philippine Independent Church, Islam and Pentecostal.

Average Annual Family Income. In 2000, Cagayan de Oro registered an average annual family income and expenditures at PhP176,552.00 and PhP132,237 respectively. While Misamis Oriental has an average annual family income and expenditure of PhP89,640.00 PhP70,989.00 respectively.

Labor Force. Being the region’s educational center, one of the major assets of the province is its human resource. Highly educated and trainable labor force composed of young professionals; technical people and skilled workforce are readily available in the area.

RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES

Crops. Misamis Oriental is self-sufficient in some agricultural crops. Almost half (43%) of the province's total land area is planted to various crops like industrial & non-food, cereal, fruit and vegetable & rootcrops. The top five (5) agricultural products are coconut, banana, corn, rice, papaya and cassava.

The province is also one of the country's major producers of coconut. This explains the presence of coco-based processing plants in the province such as Pilipinas Kao, Inc., Fiesta Brands, IndoPhil Oil Mills, Limketkai and Sons Milling Corporation, Pacific Activated Carbon Company and Cagayan de Oro Oil Mill.

Mineral Resources. Misamis Oriental is rich in some mineral deposits with cement raw material and clay deposits topping the list. The mining activities in the province are for chromite, feldspar, silica, bentonite, gold, coal, phosphatic deposit, guano, shale, and limestone.

Cagayan de Oro is also endowed with mineral resources, both metallic and non-metallic.  Non-metallic deposits are the most popular and are widely used for industrial and agricultural purposes. These include sand, gravel, limestone and feldspar. It should be noted that many of the areas in Cagayan de Oro are bedded with limestone bodies. Larger exposed limestone bodies are in the vicinity of Indahag.
Iron boulder deposits (magnetite and hematite) were reported to abound in the vicinities of Barangay Dansolihon.  Gold, platinum and iron were also found to be in Tuburan, Pigsag-an and Taglimao.
As of December 2001, DENR Region 10 recorded a total of 832.00 hectares of gold, platinum, iron & silver with mining permits under a small-scale mining in the city.

Marine/Coastal Resources. Twenty-three (23) of the twenty-four (24) municipalities are located along the coastline. Hence, a good number of families depend on fishing as their major source of income. The province has three (3) fishing grounds - Macajalar, Gingoog and Balingasag - but with insufficient production. Thus, it has to continually depend on the steady supply of fish from Zamboanga, Bohol, Cotabato and the Panguil Bay area.

Coral reefs are found along the coastline of Macajalar Bay (Banbayan Point), Gorda Point in Balingasag and Constancia and Agutayan reefs in Jasaan. Mangrove forest covers a total aggregate area of 124 hectares (Opol, El Salvador, Alubijid, Magsaysay). Potential mangrove area planted to Bacauan covers 90 hectares.

Forest Resource. The vegetative cover of the classified forest lands consists of virgin/old growth, residual/young growth, mossy, mangrove, brushlands and other land uses like plantation forest and ISF-cultivated areas. Dipterocarp species abound in old and second growth forest most common are the Philippine Mahogany species such as Red and White Lauan, Mayapis, etc.

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

Telecommunication. With the advent of information technology, telecommunication facilities of the province and the city have improved considerably over the past years.

As of June, 2004, the seven (7) telephone companies operating in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental has installed a total of 88,809 lines of which 31,708 have been subscribed. The two (2) major carriers (MISORTEL and PHILCOM) installed a state-of-the-art digital system that uses Alcatel 12-switch providing IDD & NDD services and are now interconnected.

There are seven (7) available broadband networks and one (1) cable-based company that connect the city to the world. These companies are: PLDT, Globe Telecom, Philcom, ICC/Bayantel, SNI Philippines and Mozcom Philippines. The only cable-based company is the home-grown Cable 21 Technologies, sister-company of the Parasat Cable TV Inc.

Telephone Expansion Program. Based on the existing carrier's expansion plans, over 50,000 additional lines will be installed in the area over the next two (2) years.

Telephone Density. As of March 2002- telephone density index (TDI) of province was estimated at four (4) lines/100 persons. 

Power. The power requirement of the province is supplied by the Mindanao Grid of the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) in Iligan City and the Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Plant in Bukidnon. It is being served by three (3) power utilities namely Cagayan de Oro Electric Power & Light Company (CEPALCO) and Misamis Oriental Rural Electrific Service Cooperative (Moresco) I & II. CEPALCO has served industrial, commercial and residential consumers in Cagayan de Oro and certain areas in Misamis Oriental like Tagoloan, Jasaan & Villanueva. Some power-intensive companies are directly connected with NAPOCOR. The rest of the municipalities are served by MORESC I (609 MVA - on the eastern side) and MORESCO II (30 MVA - on the western side). These utilities have energized 98% of the province.

The operation of MINERGY and Northern Mindanao Power Corporation and improved further the supply capability and reliability of power in the province. A subsidiary of CEPALCO, MINERGY operates a land-based power generating plant with a total capacity of 18.90 MW. The Northern Mindanao Power Corporation, a project of Alson’s Power Holding Corporation, also operates a Bunker "C" - fired Diesel Power Generating Plant with an annual registered capacity of 58 MW.

A 210-MW coal-fired power project of the STEAG State Power Development Corporation, at the Phividec Industrial Estate is expected to be operational in 2006.

Water. The water supply of the province is sourced from deep and shallow wells and spring. It has 48 rivers (with discharge capacity of 42,600.71 liters/seconds); 60 creeks; 38 springs (48,432 cu.m./day) and 2 natural lakes. All municipalities have efficient waterworks systems. Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog cities have their own water utilities - the Cagayan de Oro City Water District and Gingoog Water District respectively.

A total of 18 rivers (those with high volumetric discharge rates) were tapped by NIA for irrigation purposes. The impounding dams constructed serviced 27 irrigation facilities. DENR also constructed 6 intake boxes, 8 reservoirs, 10 small water-impounding dams for irrigable agricultural areas of 1,538 upland beneficiaries.

The PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate has its own water system with a discharge capacity of 4.2 million cubic meters for industrial use and 4.3 million cubic meters for domestic consumption.

Road Network. The road network of the province and that of Cagayan de Oro City already reached 797.133 and 406.87941 kilometers respectively. This already includes the 210.137 kilometers all-weather, two-lane highway connecting the province to Iligan and Butuan cities. Davao is accessible via Butuan City and the alternative route that passes through the province of Bukidnon.

Bridges. There are 155 bridges spanning a total of 6,598.422 linear meters in the entire province. Bridges length ranges from 6 to 199 linear meters. By type, the bridges are classified into reinforced concrete deck girder bridge (RCDG), steel, bailey, timber, spillway and footbridge.

Airport and Airline Services. A trunkline airport, which can accommodate Airbus 300 and B-737, is located at Lumbia, eight (8) kilometer from city of Cagayan de Oro. It serves Misamis Oriental, the rest of Northern Mindanao provinces & Lanao area.

The proposed international-standard CIC airport will be constructed in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. The construction of the said airport is targeted second semester of 2003.

Seaport. Considered the most modern outside of Metro Manila, the Port of Cagayan de Oro is classified as an international seaport. It is situated within the Macajalar Bay and near the mouth of the Cagayan de Oro River. The depth of sea anchorage is 18m, which is approximately 400 meters from the shoreline. The following are the port services: pilotage, cargo handling, tug assistance, mooring & unmooring, porterage, parking area, towage, trucking, bunkering chandling, water supply, brokerage/warehousing and waste collection/disposal.

The authorized port cargo handling services is the Task Force Oro Port. The water supply system is provided and maintained by the Port Management Office-Cagayan de Oro at a very minimal cost. Fuel oil is being supplied by local distributors. Tugs assistance is compulsory for vessels with P1,500 GRT & above. Porterage is being serviced by accredited cooperative of porters. The brokerage is provided by private licensed brokers while warehousing by provided by PPA, the shipping lines and the private operators. The garbage receptacles are installed in the port for proper waste collection.

Parking spaces for private vehicles are allowed entry in the port up to the designated parking space located within the greenbelt areas. Barges are being pulled by tugboats. Trucking services are provided by several truck operators that were given permits at the port.

Other Ports. Aside from the Cagayan de Oro Base Port, there are 19 other government and private ports operating in the province. The Philippine Sinter Corporation, located inside the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, has its own private port, one of which has the biggest berthing facility in the country that is capable of handling break bulk ships of any capacity. Its quay length measures 350 meters with a depth of 25 meters. It has two (2) cranes for loading and unloading each with capacity of 6,000 TPH and 3,600 TPH respectively. The common berth, which is available for use by the other companies within the PHIVIDEC area, has a quay length measuring 220 meters with a depth of 5.5 meters. Loading and unloading of cargoes however, are done manually.

Port Expansion. CDO Base Port is being served by 14 domestic shipping lines and four (4) foreign shipping companies. As of 2003, the Cagayan de Oro Port's BOR was recorded at 82%. The expansion of the port is one of the priority projects of the Local Government Unit of Cagayan de Oro City in coordination with private and government agencies concerned and exerted efforts at promoting the Port Expansion Project/Port Development Projects for Bulk Fertilizer Facility, Rehabilitation of Berths 1-5, Integrated Passenger Terminal, Fast Craft Terminal and Bulk Grain facilities.

It is also equipped with sports facilities such as basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, and a commercial area of 27,905 Sq. M.

Mindanao Container Terminal Port. The Mindanao Container Terminal Port which is located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was recently inaugurated. A US$85.32 Million Project, the 30-hectare Yard MCTP, was funded through a loan agreement by the Japan BIC. It was constructed in December 2001 and started operation in January 2004. MCTP is expected to serve any point in the Asia Pacific Rim and the US. Its facilities include:

• An initial throughput capacity of 270,000 TEUs “Twenty Equivalent Unit” (container vans) per year expandable to 500,000 TEUs.
• A 400-meter long wharf with a deep harbor for 12 meters draft that can accommodate up to 60,000 DWT Local and International Vessels.
• Two (2) quay side gantry cranes measuring 30 meters high; 37 meters outreach and 4 rubber-tired gantry cranes that are capable of stacking up to 4-level high containers in 6 rows. With the modern gantry crane unloading time for one container van takes only about 2.5 minutes as compared to the 10 minutes unloading in an ordinary port. Computerized operations make stacking and taking out of vans efficient and orderl
• An 11-hectare area for port-related business near the MCTP Container Yard in Phase 1 and in the Bulk Terminal in MCTP Phase 2.
• A 38.10-meter high Control tower equipped with a port radar system, telecommunication system and closed circuit television. It will oversee yard and quay operations;
• A 6-hectare concrete-paved container yard that can accommodate 6,816 TEU’s at any one time.
• 279 reefer van outlets for refrigerated vans to cool perishables/frozen cargo items

MCTP – PHASE 2 is the Food and Bulk/Grains Terminal expected to be operational in Year 2005. It will have additional two (2) gantry cranes and four (4) yard cranes.

As directed by President GMA, private initiative was sought to develop Phase 2 with three (3) interested developers, namely Penta Maritime Corp., Mindanao Grains Processing Company, and San Miguel Corporation.

Land Transportation. Land transportation service in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental is quite sufficient. A number of private firms provide rent-a-car services; operate taxi cabs, public utility jeepneys and trucking/hauling services. Motor vehicles registered at the Land Transportation Office an increasing trend for the past five years. The increase can be attributed to the growing affluence of the people and the increasing demand for public transport services. The table reflects the registered motor vehicle for the province of Misamis Oriental.

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THE ECONOMY

Investments

The province generated a remarkable investment in 1997 when it recorded total investment of Php 16.522B. Infrastructure & services sector contributed 92% of the total with the bulk of the investment poured in Cagayan de Oro City. The investments were largely attributed to the development of mixed-used property development projects of Pueblo de Oro & Xavier Estates and other high-end subdivision projects.

New investments went down in the years that followed (1998- 2002) due to economic crisis in Asia, the devaluation of the currency but mainly by the political and Mindanao crisis. The investment figure picked up again in 1999 owing to the endorsement for funding of the Mindanao Container Terminal Port Project of the Phividec Industrial Estate by the Miyazawa Initiative amounting to PhP4.8B. Pryce Gases’ expansion project also contributed to this figure.
The growing affluence and increasing market influence of the city attracted the retail giants, Shoemart and Robinsons in 2002.

STEAG State Power Inc., which inked a Power Purchase Agreement with National Power Corporation on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis for the design, financing, construction and operation of a 210 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in the Municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, contributed a to 2003’s performance. The plant is expected to be operational in 2006.

With the establishment of Shoemart & Robinsons, other business enterprises in Manila made their way to establish branches/outlets in city. This contributed to the 43.66% trading sector in 2004 total investment. The initial construction of KORESCO Hotel in Pueblo de Oro also contributed to the total investment in 2004.

Exports. Over the years, exports in Misamis Oriental relied largely on traditional products, the major ones include: canned pineapple, sintered ore, crude coco oil, finished lumber/wood products, activated carbon, fatty alcohol, refined glycerine, dessicated coconut and coco shell charcoal. However, the year 2001 welcomed the entry of a new export product, milk powder, which ranked 5th in 2001 replacing two of the traditional export commodities - refined glycerine and coco milk powder. But canned pineapple, fatty alcohol and sintered ore remained consistently on top of the export commodities. (Please refer to annex 9 for the top 10 export commodities for the past five (5) years).

Exports generated from 1997 to 2001 showed an erratic trend brought about by the decrease in prices of these traditional export products, especially those commodities, which are directly or indirectly affected by the changes in price of the international market.

Misamis Oriental accounts for more than 50% of the total exports of Region X.

Major Imports. The province’s top 10 imports are minerals, hot rolled steel sheet, tinplates, chemicals, fertilizer, live animals, food stuff, logs, cartoon making materials and forest products. Majority of these commodities are used by industries in the manufacturing, repair & services and the agriculture sector.
The major exporting countries are Brazil, Japan, Australia, Canada, USA and among others.

Major Industries. Medium to large industries operate in Misamis Oriental. Major ones include Philippine Sinter Corporation, Pilipinas Kao and the food giants Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), Nestle Philippines, Universal Robina Corporation among others. Other major manufacturing industries include coco-based companies (PACCO, Indo-Phil Oil Mills, Fiesta Brands, Cag. De Oro Oil Company, Limketkai Sons Milling Co.); industrial gases (Pryce Gases and Phil Southern Industrial Gases); wood-based (CATIMCO Group, Vicmar,Top Forest) and other agri-based companies.

The 2003 Survey of Business Establishments conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry revealed a total of 16,597 firms registered with the 24 Municipal Treasurers and 2 City Treasurer Offices in the province.

The 2004 Misamis Oriental Business Name Registration is recorded at 2,537.

Industrial Estate Development. The 80-hectare Alwana Business Park located in Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, started in 1981 as the site of wood working factories. Ten years later, the management transformed the rest of the site into an industrial and residential area with a neat zoning system. Forty (40) hectares are reserved for industries, 20 hectares for its high-end subdivision, Alwana Village, ten (10) for commercial establishments and 26 for parks and recreation. Presently, a sports & recreation center is in full operation.

The biggest industrial estate in the country is found in Misamis Oriental. The 3,000-hectare PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental (PIEMO) covers the municipalities of Tagoloan and Villanueva.

The first and biggest locator is the Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) which is a subsidiary of Kawasaki Steel of Japan. PSC’s sintered ore is one of the top export commodities of the province. There are 33 locators in the estate, of which, 27 are into manufacturing and 6 are service-related firms. Soon to be established in the estate is the Limketkai Food Manufacturing Corporation, San Miguel Corporation and TLC Beatrice Foods, a food processing facility.

The recently inaugurated Mindanao Container Terminal Port (MCTP) which is also located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was targeted to operate in January 2004. MCTP will have a capacity of 270,000 TEU/year and a deep harbor for 12 meters draft panamax vessels. The port will have a back-up area for state-of-the-art container yard, warehouses and storage facilities. This port will then addresses the traffic congestion of the existing Cagayan de Oro Port and the medium term need of PHIVIDEC itself.

The First Cagayan de Oro Business Park, a project of MINERGY Systems Inc. and All Asia Capital, also involves the development of a 200-hectare area within the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate. The implementation of the project will be undertaken in three (3) phases.Another business parks are being programmed to be developed in the province is the Laguindingan Industrial Park which will be located just beside the proposed Laguindingan International Airport.

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SUPPORT SERVICES/SOCIAL AMENITIES

Banks and Financing Companies. Outside of Manila, the city of Cagayan de Oro has the most number of financial institutions. Almost all of the country’s leading commercial banks have established branches in the city being the trading center of the region.

Almost all municipalities have multi-purpose cooperatives or non-government organizations (NGO). These NGO’s and cooperatives complemented the development efforts by maximizing the use of the available resources and aimed to hopefully satisfy individual needs of members through cooperative efforts.
As of 2002, an inventory of commercial, thrift, rural and specialized government banks revealed a total of 120 banking and credit facilities operating in strategic areas of the city.

Education. For the SY 2002-2003, the province’ inventory of educational institutions, both private and public, is recorded at 536. These institutions cater to primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational/technical education. 

The educational system is similar throughout the country. School year starts in June and ends in March. English is the medium of instruction used in most schools.

Cagayan de Oro is known as the center for higher learning for the whole region if not in Mindanao. In pursuit of quality education, the three (3) universities and one of its colleges were selected by the CHED as Centers for Development and Excellence --- Xavier University (Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, Business Education and Socio-Anthropology), Liceo de Cagayan University (Nursing), Capitol University (Computer Education) and Mindanao Polytechnic State College (Mathematics). Outside of Cagayan de Oro, every municipality in the province has educational institutions of at least secondary level while Gingoog City has five (5) college institutions.

To keep up with technological Advancement in Information Technology, the country’s leading ICT Schools are now in the area namely, STI, AMA College and Informatics.

Medical Facilities. There are 24 hospitals in Misamis Oriental; 10 of which are government-run and 15 are privately-owned. The number of beds is greater than the national standard; therefore, this implies that tertiary health care services cater also to neighboring municipalities. In addition to the hospitals, there are 49 Barangay Health Centers that provide minor health services. For specialized health care, there are 66 family planning clinics and 200 medical or dental clinics. Medical manpower appears to be more than adequate in number. 

Most private hospitals and the Northern Mindanao Medical Center are already equipped with the latest medical equipment like the CT-SCAN to provide adequate and immediate relief in cases of emergencies and complicated medical cases. Specialized private clinics for dental, therapeutic, optical and diagnostic services provide additional medical support.

Housing Facilities. Development in construction and real estate has been massive and very aggressive, specifically on housing and commercial centers in the last five (5) years. As of May 2001, Misamis Oriental has a total of one hundred fourteen (114) subdivisions. These subdivisions cater mostly to the needs of the low-income and high-end customers for the executives and the elite groups. Real estate developers usually offer a packaged house and lot with a minimum lot area of 80 square meters.

TOURISM AMENITIES

Hotels/Accommodations. Most of the hotels, tourist inns and lodging houses are located in Cagayan de Oro. One of the classified first class hotels is Pryce Plaza Hotel which is located on top of Carmen Hill overlooking the city and the Macajalar Bay. At least four (4) other hotels offer amenities comparable to those in big cities like Cebu and Manila. There are also two (2) beach hotels; one within the city and the other one in Opol, the nearest municipality to Cagayan de Oro. (See annex 10 for list of hotels, inns, lodging houses & pension houses).

At least three (3) real estate developers provide modern facilities and amenities - from commercial centers, educational institutions, churches, sports and country club facilities, golf courses, etc.

For the sports buff, the Pelaez Sports Complex, one of the biggest outside Metro Manila, is designed for indoor and outdoor sports activities. The Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club and Alwana Sports Avenue also provide international standard facilities of almost all kinds of indoors and outdoors sports.
The proximity of the city to the beautiful island of Camiguin is also an added advantage.

Tourism Indicators. Based on the record of DOT-10, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental remained the favored destination for tourist. For the past years, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental garnered more than 50% of tourists’ arrival region wide and this is followed by Camiguin.

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