KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Tourism Board has embarked on a roadshow to South Korea from Nov 14 to 18 to rejuvenate contacts with Korean travel providers. The trip led by its deputy chief executive officer (marketing and business events) Tay Shu Lan are partake by nine hoteliers and two local travel agencies. During the outing, the…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is on the right track to achieve the targeted 1.3 million visitor arrivals this year, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin. in a statement said from Jan to Sept 2022, the state has recorded 1,190,513 visitor arrivals with an estimated tourism receipt of RM2.11 billion. The amount…
All fees to Sabah Parks including climbing permit to Mt Kinabalu will be increased and more expensive starting Jan 1, 2023. Sabah Parks director Dr Maklarin Lakim in a statement said the increment of fees was announced by state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin. Among the tourist sites under the management of…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Satta) chairman Dato’ Seri Winston Liaw has decided to offer himself as candidate for the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election (GE15). Liaw representing Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) says he has 50 ways to upgrade all the facilities in Kota Kinabalu to…
TUARAN: Sabah Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai is running for the Tuaran parliamentary seat in the 15th General Election. He is contesting under the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)-Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) ticket, in which he is also the party’s information chief. He hoped to win the seat to bring political and…
KOTA KINABALU: ‘Tourism Futures Reimagined’will be the theme for the 6th World Tourism Conference (WTC) 2022 happening in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah next month. Key speakers and tourism industry professionals from around the world will mark their presence and gather at Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) from 28 to 30 November 2022. To date, close to…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah should look into hosting a symposium on modern and contemporary art, said Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment Datuk Joniston Bangkuai. Such conference, he said, has the potential to draw a larger crowd and will pique the interest of everyone, including tourists. “Sabah has played host to several significant expositions and…
TUARAN: The Kent Teachers Training Campus (IPGK Kent) here has great potential to be transformed into a heritage building. The building has a 70-year history and was the first teaching campus in Sabah. The campus was established in 1952 and was inaugurated by Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. To this day, the…
KIULU: Kiulu is looking into implementing forest “tagal” as part of a communal effort to preserve the forest and its animal inhabitants. The idea is mooted by Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, who is Kiulu assemblyman, following the success of river “tagal”, an initiative to regulate fish catches that have…
KOTA BELUD: Kampung Terintidon is set by the backdrop of Mount Kinabalu in Kadamaian here. It is blessed with all the potentials that can be transformed into a tourist village as its environment is well-maintained. The heartwarming villagers also formed a close-knit to make visitors always feel like home during the visit. The villagers initiated…