Ministry draws up comprehensive tourism recovery plan
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) has prepared a holistic tourism recovery framework in line with the National Recovery Plan announced by the Prime Minister recently. Its minister, Datuk Seri Hajah Nancy Shukri said the framework outlines three phases to help the government accelerate vaccination programmes nationwide so that ‘The Covid-19 Free […]
PPVI aims to vaccinate 2,000 tourism players by Sunday
KUCHING: The federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac), Sarawak Motac and other agencies have set up the first Tourism Sector Industrial Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPVI) in the country. The PPVI, which is also a collaboration with the Sarawak Tourism Federation (STF), Ministry of Health (MoH) as well as Timberland Medical Centre, began operations on […]
Malaysia, Brunei to enhance collaboration in cultural tourism
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Brunei will enhance collaboration in exploring the growth potential of cultural tourism to support the industry players in both countries. The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) in a statement today said the details would be discussed by its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri and Brunei Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Maj […]
Kuching city proposed as destination
KUCHING: Kuching City has been proposed as one of the destinations for the implementation of the Covid-19 Free Destination Pilot Project. Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, said on Monday the project was aimed at reviving the tourism industry and encouraging Malaysians, foreigners in Malaysia (such as expatriates and diplomatic […]
Motac extends licence renewal fee waiver period for tourism operators
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) has extended the exemption period for licence renewal fee as well as additional licences for tourism operators and tourist guides who applied for renewal from July 1 until Dec 31, 2021. Motac, in a statement today, said this was among the initiatives to help ease the […]
Motac hopes domestic tourism will revive during fourth phase of National Recovery Plan
PUTRAJAYA: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) hopes that domestic tourism activity will revive after the government considered allowing interstate travel in the fourth phase of the National Recovery Plan, which is expected in November. Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said it was also subject to the low number of Covid-19 cases, the public […]
Tourism frontliners to be prioritised for vaccination
KUALA LUMPUR: The vaccination process for tourism frontliners working in the essential services sector will begin as soon as the first two phases of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme are completed. Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac), in a statement today, said it would cooperate with the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry to provide the […]
Motac ready to hold engagement sessions with industry practitioners
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) is ready to step up cooperation with tourism and culture industry practitioners through engagement sessions within this two weeks as preparation if the movement control order (MCO) is extended. The minister concerned, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said it is to identify the forms of other […]
Kuching nominated as Unesco creative city of gastronomy
KUCHING: The federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) in collaboration with Sarawak government is pursuing efforts to uplift and nominate Kuching City as one of the creative cities network at the Unesco and Asean levels under the gastronomy category. Its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said, at the regional level, Asean supports Unesco’s […]
Culture and arts industry suffers loss of RM85 mln due to Covid-19 pandemic
PUTRAJAYA: Those involved in the culture and arts industry have suffered losses amounting to about RM85 million within a period of one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. In light of this, she sees the need to restore the culture non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to enable […]
