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Miri expects two million arrivals next year

MIRI: The city of Miri is expected to receive two million visitors by the end of next year. Miri City Council’s (MCC) Standing Committee for Tourism Development chairperson Warziedea Ahmad said it is a logical expectation because currently the number of visitors to the city is increasing, after facing difficult times during the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

If you’re game, Miri is just the place for you

IF you are planning to travel within the state, Miri may be just the right destination for you and your family. Elevated to a city in 2005, Miri which is synonymous to the oil and gas industry has become bigger than that with infrastructure development. From a tourism point of view, it offers products not […]

Enticing more Indian visitors to Sarawak

KUCHING : The Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) Convention 2022 is a good starting platform to connect and further promote Sarawak’s visibility to the market in India. Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said with the positive increase of 304 per cent in visitors’ arrival from […]

Kuching Food Festival visitors hit record 1 mln mark

KUCHING: It was beyond expectations. The Kuching Food Festival (KFF) which ended last Sunday (Aug 21) notched up one million visitors – exceeding the initially-targeted 500,000 visitors. Said an ecstatic Kuching City South Council (MBKS) Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng: “We targeted half a million people (to the food fair), but we broke the record […]

Sarawak after good quality visitors

KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industries and Performing Arts has its own policy in managing tourists as well as types of tourism in the state. Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this after officiating at the opening of the ministry-level Integrity Day at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching today. “If you look […]

Visitors to Sarawak increased by tenfold this year: Tourism Minister

KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded a groundbreaking growth of nearly tenfold in the number of visitors to the state since January to July of this year compared to the same period last year. Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in revealing this, said the state, this year, is projected […]

Hopeful hawkers expect better days ahead

TELAGA AIR: Small hawker stalls along the esplanade here are a hardy and resilient lot, able to stay positive in expectation of better days ahead despite the economic doom and gloom that is in most people’s minds following the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, Zaini Potot, who sells fruit pickles, snacks such as ‘kuih […]

Singapore biz delegation calls on SBC

KUCHING: The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) recently received a visit by Singapore Business Federation delegates. In a social media post, the centre stated that the delegates were welcomed with a warm and mesmerising Sarawak’s traditional performance. “They (the delegates) were introduced to plants utilised by the indigenous communities in Sarawak at the Laila Taib Ethnobotanical […]

Visitors flock back to wildlife centre

KUCHING: The Semenggoh Wildlife Centre is not a place to be missed. Located approximately 24km from the city, the centre offers a chance to travellers to witness semi-wild orangutans enjoying their life in a secure natural habitat. An observation made by New Sarawak Tribune found that many visitors, both locals and international tourists alike, throng […]

Slithering ‘visitor’ caught, released

MIRI: A man who was working in a farm at Taman Da Shing 5, Jalan Taman Tungku, here had a slithering visit from a one-metre-long King Cobra yesterday morning. Civil Defence Force (APM) Miri officer Captain (PA) Usman Harto in a statement, said they received a distress call at 7.48am and deployed a team to […]