Perak promotes its 10 icons to tourists
SINGAPORE: Perak wants to market itself aggressively abroad by promoting attractions dubbed the "10 Icons of Perak" to boost annual tourist arrivals by 500,000 to 3.5 million next year, senior state executive councillor Datuk Hamidah Osman said here.
She said the overseas promotion would be carried out in cooperation with Tourism Malaysia and would begin with Singapore.
"We also see China as a huge potential market," Hamidah, who is Perak Tourism Committee chairman, told reporters at the Fascinating Malaysia Travel Fair 2009 at Suntec City here.
She said the 10 icons were the Royal Belum world's oldest rainforest, the Gua Tempurung largest limestone cave in Peninsular Malaysia, the Matang mangrove swamp forest, the Taiping Zoo, the Perak Herbal Park, the Orang Utan Island at Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, the Felda Residence Hotsprings in Sungai Klah, Sungkai; the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Pangkor Island and Ipoh, which is well known for its beautiful limestone hills and diversity of food.
She also said it was hoped that more lowcost airlines would operate flights between Ipoh and Singapore. Budget airline Firefly Sdn Bhd has one flight a day between the two cities.
Hamidah said Perak offered, besides its natural attractions, low cost of living, and urged Singaporeans to visit the state.
The Fascinating Malaysia Travel Fair 2009, which began on Friday, ends today.
haha...I can only comment on two 'icons' lah...if I were a Singaporean, I would certainly not visit the Taiping Zoo and Ipoh. What is so special about Taiping Zoo when Singapore has her own zoo and night safari? Also, I bet food in Singapore is more diversified and cheaper than food in Ipoh!
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