Many members of the royal family advocated for the reconstruction of the palace, and even its enlargement, however, the government of the Philippines has yet to establish a position or a fund for the matter.

In 2016, a small replica of Daru Jambangan was built in the neighboring town of Talipao and became a centerpiece for a 'vacation park'.

Maimbung has a consistently very warm to hot, oppressively humid, and wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af).

Poverty Incidence of Maimbung Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The town is one of the three official ports of the province of Sulu, the other two being Jolo and Siasi.

The town is also a known producer of seaweed, a major export product of the Sulu archipelago.