We have given our full support to our media friends who are doing their part in promoting the various places of interest in our own back yard so that the local folks can appreciate more of their domestic tourism sector. Such initiatives are working because more of our fellow Sarawakians have started appreciating local tourism products in the face of Covid-19 pandemic. I have mentioned this to our media friends who had been organising road tours and highlighting places of interest found in the state. The latest tour is being organised by Sin Chew Daily News under its "Hidden Gems In Borneo" tour which started on 19 November.
Due to the pandemic, it is difficult for us to woo foreign visitors coming to Sarawak and therefore, our Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MTAC) are trying to get locals themselves to visit the various tourist attraction sites. We hope this will work for locals who cannot travel outside the country or they have to undergo some sort of restrictions in doing so. For such reasons, we can see that our local tourism products have started to be appreciated by locals visiting other parts of Sarawak. That is also tourism and it is helping the local industry to recover from the impacts of recent pandemic.
With the Covid19 situation slowly improving, our local folks can visit places of interest within Sarawak and to spend their money at the same time. This itself will help our tourism industry because every little help counts to those who are earning a living from tourism dollar.
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