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‘Commercialize’ Local Festivals To Generate Income For Locals

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:26 +0000

Local festivals should undergo ‘a little bit of commercialization’ to generate income for the locals, especially players in the tourism industry, said Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan. He said local festivals such as the Kuching Festival, Moon Cake Festival or Sarawak Regatta were an instrument to woo ..

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Melaka On Drive To Attract More Thai Tourists

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:26 +0000

The Melaka government will hold more tourism promotion to southern Thailand to attract more Thai tourists to the state. State Exco for Tourism, Culture and Haritage Datuk Seet Har Cheow said this was necessary as the number of Thai visitors to Melaka last year stood at only 16,215. “We hope to attract ..

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Plan To Make Langkawi Shine Again As Tourist Draw

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:26 +0000

The federal government plans to redevelop Langkawi’s tourism potential to revive the glory days of the resort island off Kedah. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said measures would be taken under the 10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) to enable Langkawi regain a prominent place on the …

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RM100 Million To Further Develop Kenyir Lake

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:25 +0000

The Terengganu Government has allocated RM100 million this year to further develop the Kenyir Lake with various tourism-related facilities. Terengganu Tengah Development Authority (Ketengah) general manager Hamzah Ngah said, among the projects to be given top priority were the development of Kenyir Island-Hopping and Petang Island Resort (PIR), set to become …

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Reliving Sandakan-Ranau Death Marches: New Tour Package To Attract Australians

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In a move to attract more Australians to visit Malaysia, the tourism ministry plans to put together a tourism package aimed at offering Australians the experience of reliving the three Sandakan-Ranau death marches.

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Matta Targets 80,000 Visitors To Exhibition

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:24 +0000

The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) is targeting 80,000 visitors to its three-day fair and exhibition at the Putra World Trade Centre, here, starting Friday. The organising committee chairman John Tan said more than 300 tourism organisations including tourism offices, travel agencies, hotels, airlines and other related companies …

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ASAL Wants To Manage Kota Mahsuri

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Amanah Saham Anak Langkawi (ASAL), a subsidiary of the Kedah State Development Corporation, plans to take over the management of Kota Mahsuri here to become a bigger player in the tourism sector. Its chairman, Datuk Paduka Abu Bakar Taib, said Asal was in the final stages of discussion with the company …

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The end of venture capital and the beginning of peer-funded, “slow money” based production using shared designs and low-capital machinery

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:01:58 +0000

We’ve made and cited the argument before: In peer production, the interests of capitalists and entrepreneurs are no longer aligned Essentially, in an era of open knowledge, free code and shared designs, the design phase needs less and less capital, and as shared design communities progress, they design not just sustainable products, but a new kind of machinery, along with new ways to peer-fund entrepreneurship.

Small, Humid, but still a nice hotel. — Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:53:22 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India At 1.30 PM local time in London we began our journey towards to the mysterious land of India. The flight took 9 and halv hours which gave us plenty of time to start on out books. For me it was the thoughts and experiences of Gandhi while Jan started on “care for the soul”

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Small, Humid, but still a nice hotel. — Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India

Mountains and countryside but… — Sapa, Vietnam

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:44:12 +0000

Jump to the full entry & travel map Sapa, Vietnam Since I had some time to spend while waiting for my Indian visa, I booked a tour to Sapa, which is a small town in the mountains. It is apparently a very popular place to visit, as all travel agents in Hanoi organize tours there. My tour includes overnight trains there and back, 1 night hotel,1 night home stay and all the meals.

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Mountains and countryside but… — Sapa, Vietnam