{"id":2622,"date":"2023-11-11T11:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T11:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/2023\/11\/11\/sabah-nature-based-tourism-a-draw-for-uk-visitors\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T11:13:22","slug":"sabah-nature-based-tourism-a-draw-for-uk-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"Sabah nature-based tourism a draw for UK visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2620\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231106-WA0012-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231106-WA0012-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231106-WA0012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231106-WA0012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG-20231106-WA0012.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysian High Commissioner to the UK, Datuk Zakri Jaafar, recommends Sabah focus on nature-based tourism for UK visitors, citing their strong preference for rural and unspoiled environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakri conveyed this during a briefing at the Malaysian Embassy, urging the Sabah Tourism Board to actively promote its Rural Community Based Tourism to the UK market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advice follows insights gained during Malaysia&#8217;s participation in the World Tourism Market (WTM) London 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sabah&#8217;s delegation, led by Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, expressed gratitude for support from the Malaysian Embassy and Tourism Malaysia in promoting Sabah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation, including nine tour companies, was participating in WTM, where Sabah unveiled its UNESCO triple crown achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Joniston and Noredah attended an exclusive dinner hosted by CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysian High Commissioner to the UK, Datuk Zakri Jaafar, recommends Sabah focus on nature-based tourism for UK visitors, citing their strong preference for rural and unspoiled environments. Zakri conveyed this during a briefing at the Malaysian Embassy, urging the Sabah Tourism Board to actively promote its Rural Community Based Tourism to the UK market. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FB_IMG_1699700841292.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}