Real Estate • Move 2 Bohol

Bohol Landowner Seekings Japanese and Korean Developers for Expat Residential Community

A rare ten-hectare coastal development opportunity in Baclayon is on the market, and the landowner has a clear preference: a qualified developer from Japan or South Korea.

By Bohol Coconuts Staff  |  Bohol, Philippines  |  May 24, 2026

A landowner in Barangay Cambanac, Baclayon has put ten titled hectares on the market for residential subdivision development. The land sits five minutes from the ocean and fifteen minutes from Tagbilaran City.

The property is not being offered to all comers. The preference, stated directly, is for a developer from Japan or South Korea with the market expertise to build a community their own people will want to live in.

Move 2 Bohol Property Solutions Specialist Lerma Moore is representing the landowner and handling all development inquiries.

The Right Province at the Right Moment

Bohol recorded more than 1.4 million tourist arrivals in 2025. Foreign arrivals grew by nearly 15 percent, with South Korean visitors leading all international source markets. Charter flights from Japan are now beginning in 2026.

The province has been officially recognized as the Philippines’ Best Tourism Province, selected from all 82 provinces. It is also the country’s only UNESCO Global Geopark, a distinction shared by fewer than 200 territories worldwide.

The Bohol Sustainable Tourism Development Code, signed into law in 2025, provides a legal framework that balances conservation with strategic growth. For long-horizon investors, that kind of legislative stability matters.

“This land is not just a piece of property. It is a front-row seat to everything that is happening in Bohol right now. A developer who builds here will be building for that future.”

Lerma Moore, Move 2 Bohol Property Solutions Specialist

The Property: Cambanac, Baclayon

The site consists of two adjoining parcels in Barangay Cambanac that must be acquired together as a single transaction. Forty to fifty mature coconut trees occupy the land, giving any future streetscape an established tropical identity from day one.

Baclayon is home to one of the oldest stone churches in the Philippines, dating to the late 16th century. Its shoreline faces the Bohol Sea directly. The combination of coastal proximity, cultural depth, and infrastructure access is genuinely rare for any development site in the region.

Korean Buyers: Already Arriving

South Korea has been Bohol’s top international source market for years. At peak periods, five direct flights per day arrived from South Korea alone. Carriers including Jeju Air and Air Busan have served the route.

The nature of that market is shifting. A growing segment of Korean travelers is no longer seeking short holidays. They are looking for second homes, longer stays, and paths to island living in destinations they already know well.

A Korean developer building in Cambanac would not be introducing their market to something unfamiliar. They would be building where their buyers are already arriving and asking if they can stay.

Japanese Investors: The Window Is Opening

Japan represents Bohol’s newest major source market. Charter flights from Japan are beginning in 2026, bringing a traveler profile that values clean environments, thoughtful design, and proximity to nature without sacrificing comfort.

Japan’s domestic real estate costs, combined with a growing interest in Southeast Asian retirement and second-home markets, make Bohol’s current land prices a significant opportunity. The yen-to-peso exchange rate gives Japanese investors meaningful purchasing power in Bohol right now.

A residential subdivision designed by a Japanese developer, shaped by Japanese design sensibilities, on a coconut-shaded coastal property in Bohol, would serve that emerging demand in ways a generic development never could.

“The flights from Japan are starting. The tourists are coming. Bohol has been named the best tourism province in the Philippines. You cannot manufacture these conditions. You can only recognize them when you see them and act.”

Lerma Moore, Move 2 Bohol Property Solutions Specialist

The Destination Sells Itself

Bohol’s appeal to international visitors does not require a sales pitch. The province’s natural and cultural assets form a combination that is genuinely difficult to replicate anywhere in Asia.

The Chocolate Hills, more than 1,200 symmetrical mounds, are one of the region’s most photographed landscapes. Panglao Island beaches are ranked consistently among the Philippines’ finest. The Philippine Tarsier, the world’s smallest primate, exists nowhere else on earth.

Baclayon Church, steps from the property, is a 16th-century heritage landmark. Bohol Sea dive sites draw world-class underwater enthusiasts from every continent. And as the Philippines’ only UNESCO Global Geopark, the province holds a distinction shared by fewer territories globally than most people realize.

These are the reasons 1.4 million people chose Bohol in 2025. And they are the reasons many of those visitors leave asking a quiet, persistent question: how do I come back and stay?

A well-built expat residential subdivision in Cambanac answers that question. The land is ready. Move 2 Bohol is looking for the developer who sees it.

Exclusive Development Opportunity • Bohol, Philippines • 2026