page_title: Davao Occidental
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Davao Occidental / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Poblacion Malita from a view deck
context_page_description: Davao Occidental is the 81st and newest province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the municipality of Malita. To the east lies the Davao Gulf. It also shares a maritime border with the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi to the south.
  According to Article IX, Section 48 of the provincial charter, the first set of elective officials were elected on May 9, 2016, the next local elections following the foundation of the province.
context_section_description: The main industries in Davao Occidental are aquaculture and agriculture. Economic produce in the province include fish, bananas and coconuts which are then exported to several major cities within southern Mindanao, including Davao City. Rice farms are only limited to the few flat lands in the province due to its mountainous and thickly forested nature.
  The capital town of Malita is the province's main commercial hub.
  Tourism has started to gain traction in the province, with potential tourist destinations mostly concentrated at the province's coastal beaches and the Sarangani and Balut islands in the south.
caption: The shores of Malita as seen from the hilltops.
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