Sarawak Matta Travel Fair on March 4-5
KUCHING: The 17th Sarawak MATTA Travel Fair 2023 will be held from March 4-5 at the Boulevard Shopping Mall, Kuching and Permaisuri Imperial City Mall, Miri. “After a successful start last year, this year Sarawak’s largest travel fair will see an increase to over 55 booths,” said Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) […]
International gastronomy conference a huge success
KUCHING: The E.A.T: Taste of Borneo Conference 2022 (EAT) was successfully held at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching from Oct 14 to 16. The three-day conference was participated by more than 200 delegates from around Southeast Asia. “It is important to tackle Sarawak’s food security and food waste management as it is something that benefits […]
Short-term measures to help tourism industry recover
MIRI: Sarawak’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry and its agencies have been implementing short-term measures for the recovery of the tourism, arts and culture industry with the support of various tourism industry players and stakeholders. Assistant Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Sebastian Ting told a press conference this after chairing the Sarawak Tourism Coordination […]
More than 2,000 tourism industry players to receive second dose
KUCHING: A total of 2,001 tourism industry players will receive their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Association of Churches Sarawak (ACS) here from July 15 to 18. On Thursday (July 15), a total of 315 tourism industry players received their second dose at the centre while today (July 16), 431 received theirs. […]
New incentives to revive tourism industry
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has introduced new tourism incentives to revive the industry that has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the incentives for local and hybrid events would encourage homegrown planners and corporate organisations to plan business events in Sarawak before the […]
Work with other players
SIMUNJAN: Homestay operators are advised to work with various other players in the tourism industry to revitalise it. Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri told them cooperation was important to promote places of interest as the industry had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. “There must be cooperation between homestay operators […]
New strategies, stronger collaborations needed to revive tourism industry
BY MUHAMMAD BASIR ROSLAN KUALA LUMPUR: As this year draws to an end, Malaysian tourism players are looking forward to the implementation of strategies outlined under the National Tourism Policy (DPN) 2020-2030 which they hope will drive the industry. They are optimistic of a steady, albeit slow, recovery of tourism activities – which contributed RM240.2 […]
Helping to revive tourism industry
SIMUNJAN: The Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture (Motac) has developed a post-MCO tourism and cultural recovery plan to help revive the industry, said its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukry. But first and foremost, she said it was important to restore people’s confidence to travel again. She said the pandemic had caused people to be […]
