With an ordinance creating the Provincial Tourism Department as a regular department of the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental, it develops and intensifies tourism campaigns both local and global. It also creates high quality training programs for tourism stakeholders and frontliners, empowers community through community-based projects, and strengthens linkages between agencies and city/municipal tourism officers, establishes a well-organized, scientific database on tourism statistics, and maintains standards for all tourism businesses to ensure compliance for better and quality service.