Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Aggressive Promotion To Restore Mulu National Park's Popularity


The Tourism Ministry will embark on several promotional efforts to revive the popularity of the Mulu National Park in Sarawak.

The national park, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is now facing the possibility of disappearing from the world tourism map due to flight cancellations and flight connection problems since Malaysia Airlines (MAS) stopped servicing the route from last Aug 1.

Tourism Deputy Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said many tourists had omitted Mulu from their itinerary since MAS stopped flights to Sarawak's interior.

However, last Wednesday Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the Cabinet had approved MAS' new low-fare carrier, Firefly, taking over rural air services in Sabah and Sarawak from Fly Asian Xpress (FAX), he added.

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