{"id":2941,"date":"2024-03-10T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2024-03-10T09:20:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T09:20:09","slug":"sabah-travel-agencies-fruitful-outing-at-itb-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=2941","title":{"rendered":"Sabah travel agencies fruitful outing at ITB Berlin"},"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=\"2942\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix06677824450539774573.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Borneo Escapade Tours (BET) has secured a long-term collaboration with Christine Volpert, a Germany-based tour and travel agent at the&nbsp; ITB Berlin 2024 held from March 5-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing partner of BET Malvin Marcus and Patricia Kitingan held a fruitful meeting with Christine who expressed her eagerness to explore Saba\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Volpert wants to expand her current market (Sumatera, Indonesia) to Borneo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Indonesia and Borneo have similarities in terms of cultures and traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, she is interested in our community-based tourism (CoBT) which combines sightseeing and socio-economic contributions through active participation in community projects,&#8221; said Marcus who was aggressively promoting rural tourism and CoBT at the world&#8217;s largest travel trade show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Director of Sandakan-based Sepilok Tropical Wildlife Adventure (STWA) Johnny Lim said he had fruitful discussions with European tour and travel agents who are keen to bring holiday-makers to Sabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"2943\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix18014677809678409212-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix18014677809678409212-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pix18014677809678409212.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For instance, Denmark tour and travel agents are seeking collaboration with their Sabah counterparts to bring their guests for wildlife and birdwatching activities,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added \u00a0that the agents are attracted to the five-day-four-night Absolute Wildlife Tour that will take tourists to the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, Turtle Island, Gomantong Cave and Kinabatangan River Cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lim, agents from Spain are planning to come to Sabah in September this year for a familiarisation (FAM) trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They are looking to discover new destinations in Borneo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borneo Escapade Tours (BET) has secured a long-term collaboration with Christine Volpert, a Germany-based tour and travel agent at the&nbsp; ITB Berlin 2024 held from March 5-7. 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