{"id":522,"date":"2020-07-28T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2020-07-28T10:32:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T10:32:38","slug":"borneo-holiday-playing-its-part-to-revive-sabah-tourism-via-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"Borneo Holiday playing its part to revive Sabah tourism via photo contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Faye (centre) and her team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KOTA\nKINABALU: The Borneo Holiday & Vehicles Rental Sdn Bhd has taken a\nproactive step to come up with a photo contest on their Facebook page to revive\nthe ailing Sabah tourism sector which had been badly hit by the global COVID-19\npandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n\u2018I Love Sabah Photo Contest 2020\u2019 started from July 1 to 31, is offering a prize\nworth RM1,500 for two persons in a form of two days and one night vacation in\nSabah, its managing director, Faye Dida Robert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconcept of the contest is simple and easy. It is open to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All\nthey need to do is to submit any photos taken in Sabah with a caption as well\nas their name. Once submitted and published on our page. The photo that got the\nmost \u2018likes\u2019 will be declared the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll\nvoters must also \u2018like\u2019 our Facebook page (Borneo Holiday) in order to validate\nthe likes, otherwise the votes will be null and void, she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\nresponse has been encouraging as up till now (July 28), we have received 136\nsubmissions. The photos submitted highlight how beautiful Sabah is and how\nlucky we are living in such a beautiful part of the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\ncontest has also attracted the interest of overseas contestants who visited\nSabah before. To date, we have seen three international participation and it is\nsuch a great way to promote Sabah and create awareness locally and\ninternationally,\u201d Faye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ncontest was mulled by her staff to lift the depleted spirit of Sabah tourism\nindustry which is greatly affected by the COVID-19, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur\nteam believe that by organising a contest of this nature during the pandemic,\ncan spark interest among locals to appreciate the beauty of Sabah and\nhopefully, it will make them want to explore this beautiful homeland of ours\neven more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\nappreciate that the governments<\/s> of Malaysia is occupied with fighting\nthe effects of COVID-19 everywhere and that tourism is not seen as a priority\nindustry for them, therefore we have decided to start this promotional contest in\nthe hope that we can help to restore the tourism industry in Sabah,\u201d Faye said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nsaid Borneo Holiday have never lost hope in the industry and the amount of\nsupport shown to this contest is making their team so proud of the effort they\nare putting in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose\nwho visit our Facebook page will be able to look at all the beautiful photos\nsubmitted by different contestants, some locations probably are not known to\nothers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nsaid the operation of Borneo Holiday is not spared by the COVID-19 pandemic and\nthey will continue to fight for survival through any means and hardship,\nhopefully the government will give a helping hand to the travel agents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this contest and the humble effort of our team to contribute towards reviving the tourism industry, I hope the relevant authorities will take note of our endearvour and in return, come and work together with us to bring back the state tourism industry back to its former glory,\u201d Faye said.-HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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