I don't believe that. Siquijor, as a province, is equivalent to two of Bohol's towns: Ubay and Inabanga.
There is no comparison. Bohol's economy being tourism and agrarian based is not a bad thing, as it focuses on constant returns and renewable resources [Sustainable Development]. Bohol is one of the bread basket provinces in the Central Visayas, and if one studies economics, in order to maintain a healthy economic cycle, one needs to appropriate its resources on a plethora of investments per se: tourism (eco-tourism, cultural / historical tourism), agriculture, fisheries, livestock, services sector (medical, technology, etc). Bohol is a wealthy province, believe it or not, as it is wealthier compared to many other provinces in Eastern, and Western Visayas. Bohol is wealthier and is better developed compared to Southern Leyte as well as parts of Mainland Leyte, and definitely in some parts of Mindanao and Western Visayas (Aklan, Antique, and parts of Ilo-Ilo).
Bohol's conservative economy is based on our richness as a province, the province isn't direly poor as compared to other provinces in the country and trying to paint the picture of Bohol as being an impoverished province and the Boholanos a destitute people is unsubstantiated. There are wealthy Boholanos, the towns in Bohol are improving and developing with the rest of the country.
One thing about Bohol that strikes me is that she maintains a policy of sustainable development. Agriculture is the backbone of Bohol, always have been, and always will be. However, when the province develops a plenitude of fiberoptics material, and as the province modernizes its vast infrastructure, we will expect to see Bohol rise as a balanced agriculturo-service-oriented economic machine.
Do we expect Bohol to be as condensed and dirty as Cebu, which Cebu has traded for massive development? Of course not. Remember that with total industrialization, there are negative effects to this: social, enviromental, as well as political machinations can change. Bohol will develop to the best interest of the Boholano people (foreign and domestic). I for one will never trade Bohol for Cebu or any other province at that. So if ever the Philippine's looses its IT industry to other competitive nations, Bohol will not suffer drastically as it has and does enjoy a vast natural resource that many other provinces wish they could have: Fertile Land.
The beauty of our province, and what attracts Filipinos from other provinces as well as foreigners from abroad to Bohol are the province's rich environmental , ecological fauna, the quaint religious icons and structures in the province, as well as the multitude of activities in the province. Compared to many other provinces in the country as well as in surrounding Visayan provinces, Bohol is a paradise.
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