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Clear SOPs for tourism needed

KUCHING: The reopening of the tourism industry including tours should be done in stages with clear standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place, said Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Sarawak Chapter chairperson Lina Tsen. She said this in agreement with Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah’s recent statement that […]

Minister optimistic about early reopening of tourism industry

KUCHING: Federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri is optimistic that the tourism industry in the country will reopen as early as September. “However, this is subject to the standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance,” she said after visiting the first Tourism Sector Industrial Covid-19 Vaccination Centre (PPVI) at the Association of Churches […]

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 […]

Numerous uncovered gems of Bau

BAU: There are more waterfalls and places of interest with great tourism potential uncovered in the district here. One of them is the beautiful Kisak waterfall located not too far from Kampung Serikin. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep has visited the said waterfall and has been informed there are more attractions that have […]

Global partnership reinforces Sarawak Pay branding

KUCHING: Sarawak Pay’s branding will be reinforced on the global stage through its collaboration with UnionPay, and in the long run, this partnership would be favourable to the growth of Sarawak’s local economy, especially in the tourism sector. Sarawak Business Federation secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok said this initiative was a step closer to Sarawak’s […]

Tourism sector rues new visa rule

Comprehensive plan needed to help industry get back on its feet, say experts PETALING JAYA: A comprehensive plan that balances economic recovery with efforts to curb Covid-19, rather than ad hoc measures, is essential to help the tourism sector get back on its feet. Otherwise, industry players said, Malaysia will lose out to other countries […]

Sarawak to remain closed till end of vaccination programme

MIRI: Sarawak will remain closed to tourists until the vaccination programme is completed. “At the moment, we will not open, at least until the later part of June, to see how many people will be vaccinated. From there, we’ll move on because other countries are also doing the same,” said Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts […]

Inter-state travel not feasible yet

KUCHING: The time is not right yet to reinstate inter-state travel and open up the tourism sector, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Despite his eagerness to see the revival of the sector, Abdul Karim said the nationwide Covid-19 situation needed to be taken into account as the number of […]

Tourism sector will bounce back

LONG LAMA: The Covid-19 pandemic has been a huge obstacle for Sarawak’s tourism industry. “We hope Covid-19 will go away as soon as possible so that our tourism industry can flourish again, and that is why, for the past two days, we have this Tourism Awareness programme to prepare our tourism players post-Covid-19,” said Tourism […]

Ministry welcomes setting up of airline

KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture welcomes the intention of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to get the state to set up its own airline. Its minister, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said through this, Sarawak would be able to bring in more visitors to the state. “This development initiative […]