Friday, October 06, 2006

Exploit tourism, Ranau folks told

Ranau: Local residents have been urged to exploit the district's tourism potential so as to earn additional income.

Making the call, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the tourism industry should never be sidelined as it has the capacity to generate lucrative monetary returns.

He said this when launching the Pondok Perpaduan programme at Kampung Lohan Ulu, organised by Lohan Ulu JKKK, here.

"Tourism is an important contributor to the nation's economic source and hence should be developed to general economy to the people in rural areas," he said.

To ensure that the residents here benefit from tourism such as the Poring Hot Springs, Masidi suggested that those living along the road leading to the tourism site develop their villages so as to attract the tourists.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

After visiting Sarawk last year we (my wife & I ) visited Sabah this May (06)Fantastic build up your turists by all means, but don't spoil the greatist island most of the world has yet to experience.
Do it slowly and with your own people taking small steps, without becoming like the rest of mankind..greedy and with little concern.
Fantastic people & a fantastic island.
Thank you for allowing me to see and experience the holiday We shall never forget. TAKE only pictures and LEAVE only footprints really should be your countries code..many many thanks.
Graham (Oxford, UK)