Tourism players urged to avoid working in silos
KUCHING: Here’s some good news for travellers. The next Sia Sitok campaign themed ‘Discover Sarawak Gems’ for tours and packages, and accommodation will commence next month. Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chairman Dennis Ngau said the official dates will be announced soon. “Of course, to ensure the continuous success of the campaign, we cannot work in […]
Tourism players get more help to restart industry
KUCHING: More funding is being made available to help tourism players quickly get back on their feet after the two-year Covid-19 enforced lull in the hope of reviving the industry. “This initiative is an impetus to revive the country’s tourism sector as soon as possible,” said Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) Minister Datuk Seri Nancy […]
Pandemic-affected tourism players receive grants
KUCHING: Sarawak tourism players who are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic received monetary grants from the Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) here. It was the second of such incentive given to tourism players following a similar one held in Langkawi on Oct 10. The incentives will be given out in stages to […]
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. […]
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 […]
Tourism players lose RM368 million
KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted various tourism industry players in Sarawak, with total losses amounting to RM368mln. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said among the affected sectors were travel and tour agencies, with RM108mln in losses. He added the virus also impacted 1,728 employees including 216 licensed travel […]
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 […]
‘We will be back to normal’
Sarawak tourism players optimistic of bouncing back KUCHING: Tourism industry players in Sarawak are optimistic of bouncing back to the level before the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) to contain the spread of the Covid-19. Sara Hospitality managing director Mark Furguson said the bleak situation faced by the industry players over the past […]
