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| (back row, from sixth left) Abang Johari and Abdul Karim poses with other dignitaries and Anak Sarawak Award winners in conjunction with TriBE 2018. |
KUCHING, August 24: Sarawak is on track to secure more business events after hosting over 750 of these lucrative gatherings since the setting up of Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) in 2006.
Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said these business events brought in about 286,000 delegates and 948,000 delegate days. These translated to an economic value of more than RM645 million to Sarawak through direct delegate expenditure.
In his keynote address at the 9th Anak Sarawak Awards in conjunction with Business Events Tribal Meet (TriBE 2018) at a hotel here today, Abdul Karim said the state had been able to attract 30 business events this year, which brought in close to 10,000 delegates and generated RM34.6 million in direct delegate expenditure.
