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Leyte

Location and boundaries

• The province of Leyte lies on the northern portion of the island of Leyte.
• It is bounded on the north by the Carigara Bay, on the east by the San Juanico Strait, the Visayas Sea and Ormoc Sea in the east and the province of Southern Leyte in the south.

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecommunications
  • 7 landline-based exchanges
  • 3 cellular phone providers
  • 4 internet service providers
  • 4 telegraph service system
  • 20 cable TV stations and 18 FM/AM stations
  • 3 couriers and paging services
  • 46,128 line connections
• Airport/Seaports
  • 1 domestic airport (Tacloban City)
  • 1 secondary airport (Ormoc City)
  • 1 feeder airport (Hilongos)
  • 17 seaports (3 are classified as national seaport, 11 as municipal ports and 3 as private ports)
• Economic zones
  • Leyte Industrial Development Estate (LIDE)
  • Location: Isabel, Leyte
  • Total Land Area: 454 hectares
  • Still available: 153 hectares

Potential investment areas

• Abaca sinamay weaving production

Incentives

• Tacloban City Investment Incentives Code
  Ordinance No: 97-10
  Investment Priority Areas
  1. Eastern Visayas Regional Agri-Industrial Growth Center (EVRGC) Enterprises
     1. Food and Beverage
     2. Textiles
     3. Fabricated Metal Products
     4. Electronics/Electronic Machinery
     5. Non-Ferrous Metals
     6. Glass and Ceramics
     7. Other
  2. Industries to be approved by the Tacloban Promotions Board:
     1. Non-EVRGC Enterprise
     1. Activated carbon
     2. Coco-chemical plant
     3. Coco-milk processing
     4. Coconut plantation/industrial processing
     5. Expanding enterprises
     6. High value crop (HVC) corporate farming
     7. HVC corporate farming
     8. Industrial estates
     9. Industrial machine parts/components fabrication
     10. Industrial packaging plant
     11. Industrial port/airport facilities
     12. Industrial tree plantation
     13. Inter-island shipping
     14. Telecommunications
     15. Tourism support facilities
• Ormoc City Investment Incentives Code
  Ordinance No: 2000-79
  Investment Priority Plan
  1. Agri-Business Activities
     1. Vacuum, dehydrated and spray-dried fruit processing
  2. Eco-tourism facilities
     1. Beach and mountain resorts
     2. Mid-range hotels
  3. Trans-shipment Facilities
     1. Common bonded warehouses
     2. Port Infrastructure
  4. Miscellaneous Light Manufacturing Activities
     1. Copper based industry
     2. Electronics
     3. Footwear
     4. Garments
     5. Jewelries
     6. Kitchenware
  5. Property Development Area of Investments
     1. Mass housing
• Baybay Local Investment Incentives Code
  Ordinance No: 93-05
  Investment Priority Plan
  1. Agricultural
  2. Trading
  3. Manufacturing
  4. Heavy industries
  5. Pioneer Enterprises

Major tourist attractions

• Gen. Douglas MacArthur Landing Memorial
• Lake Danao
• Mahagnao Volcano and National Park