Slow recovery for tourism industry
SARAWAK’S tourism industry is expected to slowly recover next year with an estimated 1.4 million in visitor arrivals and RM3.5 billion in tourism receipts. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said unlike other economic sectors, the tourism sector which was among the worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, needs a longer period […]
Ongoing measures to rejuvenate tourism post-pandemic
THE Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) has continued to invest in upskilling and capacity building for tourism industry players in a bid to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Assistant minister Datuk Sebastian Ting said this included digital marketing courses, frontliners upskilling courses, community-based tourism, handicraft skills training, Business Events Digital Education Campus (TriBe […]
Sarawak takes part in virtual World Travel Market
KUCHING: Sarawak, represented by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) and nine travel and tour operators from Kuching, Sibu and Miri, are taking part in the first-ever virtual World Travel Market (WTM). The nine travel and tour operators are Greatown Travel, Borneo Adventure, Amogha Tours and Travel, One Wayang Tours, Ecogreen Holidays, CPH Travel Agencies, Brighton Travel […]
Kiosk to enhance Kuching’s tourism
KUCHING: Kuching City Mosque now provides a digital information kiosk to allow visitors to access information on attractions in the city. Launched by Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, the kiosk was part of an initiative under the Kampung Heritage Trail project spearheaded by the state government to conserve heritage sites. […]
Recovery expected by second half of 2021
SARAWAK’S TOURISM INDUSTRY KUCHING: Confidence among visitors and tourism operators on the state’s tourism industry is expected to gradually increase beginning second half of next year. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said however, this will very much depend on the Covid-19 situation in the state. He emphasised that the federal […]
Tourism recovery expected in second quarter next year
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is of the view that Sarawak’s tourism industry may only start to recover in the second quarter of next year. However, he emphasised that this depended on the development of Covid-19 as, at the moment, the pandemic was still ongoing. “If the situation worsens, […]
Light at the end of the tunnel
State’s tourism sector can weather the storm as long as tourism industry players are gung-ho enough to adapt, innovate, and work together. — Sharzede Salleh Askor. KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted all sectors globally, especially the tourism industry, as borders have closed and people are shirking travel plans due to virus fears. Sarawak […]
Keep environment clean
KUCHING: The cleanliness of the environment including the sea needs to be maintained to ensure Miri’s popular tourism product – diving – remains as one of the main contributors of the state’s economy. When pointing this out, Miri City Council mayor Adam Yii said that Miri was a diving centre which had gained attention with […]
Be innovative, tourism players told
KUCHING: Tourism players should be more gung-ho, innovative and willing to make full use of available opportunities in order to boost the industry. Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chief executive officer Sharzede Salleh Askor opined that some players in the private sector were not proactive enough. “They tend to depend on the state government to take […]
Country’s tourism industry dips into the red
KUCHING: Malaysia’s tourism industry slipped into the red as of June 2020, suffering RM45bil in losses compared to the revenue of RM86.14bil last year following the cancellation of the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign due to the Covid19 pandemic. Tourism, Art and Culture Ministry (Motac) revealed the painful reversal in the tourism sector, which contributes 15 […]
