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SATTA laments tourism industry missed out in Budget 2021
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (SATTA) was bewildered that the federal Budget 2021 tabled in Dewan Rakyat Friday by Finance Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has left out the tourism industry. Its chairman, Dato’ Seri Winston Liaw (pix) reacted today that: “We are the most suffered and most…
Sabah Tea goes online to meet both local and global demand
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Tea has recently launched SabahTea-eShop.com, an online shopping platform to drive product accessibility to consumers locally as well as globally. The launch of the online shop was greatly encouraged following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the global lockdown, there was a rapid surge in online shopping. “We have always…
Next year anyone can participate in the sea turtle nest adoption programme via online
SANDAKAN: Online sea turtle nest adoption programme will be introduced at the Turtle Islands Park starting next year when the online system currently under development is ready. Thus, this will allow anyone who is interested to participate in the adoption programme from anywhere without having to visit the island. Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk…
MATTA’S Budget 2021 wishlist focuses on a sustainable recovery of tourism industry
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) is calling upon the Government to act boldly and decisively, through the National Budget 2021, to bolster a floundering Malaysian tourism industry during this time of economic adversity. MATTA president Datuk Tan Kok Liang says: “The tourism industry is fragile and sensitive for 2021…
One-off RM300 aid for tourism workers from Sabah Govt
KOTA KINABALU: Tourism workers who lost their source of income from the spike of COVID-19 pandemic will receive a one-off RM300 aid from the Sabah Government. The budget amounting to RM1,187,100 million was part of the government additional RM160 million Bantuan Prihatin COVID-19 announced by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor on October 28. The…
Sabah government should review RM300 million loan to AirAsia
KOTA KINABALU: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) President Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pix) believed the state government should heed the warning by former chief minister Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee to review the RM300 million Sabah Development Bank (SDB) loan to Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia. In a statement today, the deputy chief…
Yong: Put a stop to the RM300 million SDB loan to Air Asia
The new Sabah government must put a stop to the RM300 million loan approved by the Sabah Development Bank (SDB) to Air Asia because SDB is mandated to provide development financing to projects in Sabah and not on risky ventures. The airline industry is hardly something that SDB should be taking risks in during the…
A state tourism industry recovery committee will be set up
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment (KePKAS) will set up a state tourism industry recovery committee to help the tourism industry players. Its Minister, Datuk Jafry Ariffin said, the committee will comprise all the representatives from the tourism industry players where they will be tasked to discuss and formulate strategies to…
Several initiatives will be taken to revive the tourism industry
[pl_row] [pl_col col=12] [pl_text] KOTA KINABALU: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin said several initiatives will be considered to help boost the ailing tourism industry in Sabah. Among them include the restarting tourism guidelines issued by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) recently, he said. The guidelines encouraged the use of a…
11 cultural centres to be built in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment is planning to build 11 cultural centres in selected districts in Sabah. Its newly minted Minister, Datuk Jafry Ariffin disclosed that they are now in the process of acquiring the lands for the construction and it will be gazetted for the Sabah Cultural Board (SCB). Once…