Thursday November 22, 2007
TOURISM promotion was the focal point of yesterday's debate, with questions raised over whether efforts to lure tourists to Kelantan had been fruitful.
State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Anuar Tan Abdullah (PAS-Kota Lama) accused state tourism action council chairman Ab Aziz Derashid (BN-Kuala Balah) of looking down on the state by making remarks to the media that insulted the committee.
Aziz, he added, told the media that he (Anuar) had carried out tourism promotion in a poor country like Morocco which was not true.
“The promotion was carried out in Dubai (UAE) and United Kingdom,” Anuar told the House.
He added that the state government had taken steps to double activities to attract more tourists to visit Kelantan.
Such activities were carried out through the tourism information centre (TIC) in conjunction with the Visit Malaysia 2007.
The committee also allocated funds to enhance cultural shows at Gelanggang Seni and organise events that involved other countries such as kite-flying and cock fighting competitions.
He said tourist arrivals had increased and as of August this year, a total 4.2 million people visited the state, including 1.2 million foreign tourists. For the entire 2006, there were 3.146 million tourists.
Earlier, Aziz hit out at Anuar, claiming he was not well-trained in tourism and advised him to heed advice and constructive criticism from others.
Aziz said the tourism action council was targeting 5.1 million visitors next year, adding that Kelantan had the potential to do better than Malacca if the state got her act together.
Source: The Star
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