Mindanaotoday.com | ‘Maldives in Mindanao’ resort to rise in MisOcc town
By: Shaine Mae Nagtalon
SINACABAN, Misamis Occidental – The province broke ground for the P500 million Asenso Misamis Occidental Resort and Aquamarine Park (AMORAP) located in Barangay Libertad Bajo, Sinacaban, here.
The project is dubbed as the Maldives of Mindanao inspired by the Maldives resort. It is aimed at boosting local economy and is expected to spur economic activities that will eventually trickle down to the communities in terms of more income opportunities.
Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) Sec. Ivan John Enrile Uy and Gov. Henry Oaminal led the groundbreaking and capsule laying ceremony of the Asenso Misamis Occidental Resort and Aquamarine Park (AMORAP).
Uy said this dream will become a reality so long as the province are under the leadership of Oaminal and so long as all mayors here will work together.
“A united Misamis Occidental and Misamis Occidental that will strive to bring progress, to alleviate poverty and to bring economic benefits to the province,” he said.
Uy is also confident that Region 10 and Misamis Occidental will be put in the world map.
”It will be a destination that everybody will want to go because they will be envious of the experience of the sites, the people that they will encounter here in Misamis Occidental,” he said.
Meanwhile, Vice Gov. Rowena Gutierrez said the goal for tourism in the province is not just to increase tourist influx, but to attract more investors, to provide employment opportunities, and to generate revenues.
“This tourism site will attract more tourists in our province, more tourists mean more livelihood opportunities for our constituents. More jobs mean increased family income. Increased family income means increased financial capability, so on and so forth,” Gutierrez emphasized.
In an interview, Barangay Chair Tessie Misagrande from Colupan Bajo, Sinacaban, expressed her gratefulness to Oaminal and leaders of Misamis Occidental for their strong support in the realization of this project.
“Sa amo nga taga diri, malipayon gyud kaayo mi ug mapasalamaton nga naa diri gyud nabutang ang maong Maldives. Isa pud ni nga oportunidad namo mga taga diri nga makahatag ni namo og mga kaayuhan sa pag-asenso sa matag usa nga mga lumulupyo niini nga maong lungsod,” she said.
(For those of us who are here, we are very happy and grateful that the Maldives is located here. This is also an opportunity for us in our town that will give us the benefits for the betterment of each and every one of us here in Sinacaban)
A 49-hectares coastal forested area features various amenities, including 4-storey hotels and cottages, inland villas, playground, inland villas with Jacuzzi, clubhouse, wildlife, fish feeding, fish pond, mangrove villas, midpoint rest cafe, spa village, restaurant by the sea, coastal villas with swimming pool, golf clubhouse, convention center, camping sites, nature trails, bird sanctuary, aquaculture, vegetable plantation, chapel and others.
This is one of the flagship projects of the provincial government of Misamis Occidental under the leadership of Oaminal in line with the vision of Asenso Misamis Occidental as a tourism destination and investment hub of Mindanao. (SMRN | PIA-10 | Misamis Occidental)
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