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95 business events worth RM208 mln in 2020

KUCHING: Sarawak secured a total of 95 business events in the year 2020, worth RM 208.8 million of economic spinoff despite the pressure from Covid-19 pandemic. State Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said Sarawak remained optimistic to receive at least 25,346 delegates coming to the state with an estimated RM112.9 […]

Sarawak still preferred choice for business events

KUCHING: For last year alone, Sarawak secured an estimated total economic impact of RM293.27 million and expected direct delegate expenditure of RM159.38 million from 80 secured events to take place from now until 2026. In saying this, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah added that from these figures, RM17.59 million of […]

State has received RM5 mln in tourism tax revenue

KUCHING: The tourism tax revenue for 2019 worth RM5 million has already been channelled to the Sarawak government. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the federal government had distributed the 50 percent tourism tax revenue amounting to more than RM5 million to the state. “Sarawak received about RM5 million plus while […]