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CBTR back on Nov 27-29 at SICC
KOTA KINABALU : The 4th Community Based Tourism Roadshow (CBTR) returns with 19 districts participating from Nov 27 to 29 at Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) here. The CBTR, first introduced in 2017, aims to showcase the variety of tourism products available in the respective districts. The event was put on hold during the past…
Sabah tourism on promotional and marketing mission to South Korea
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…
Sabah on track to hit 1.3mil visitor arrivals in 2022
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…
Sabah Park’s entrance fees up next year
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…
Satta chairman in GE15 race
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…
Assist Tourism Minister running for MP seat
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…
World tourism experts unite in Sabah in Dec
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…
Potential for Sabah to host modern art symposium
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…
70-year-old Kent college for tourism heritage building
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…
Tagal system on the forest for conservation effort
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…