Comments on: Perak To Give Priority To Domestic Tourism http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/ Ipoh's Community Newspaper Thu, 17 May 2012 04:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Chang http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-2708 David Chang Sat, 01 May 2010 03:57:01 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-2708 Learn from Penang tourism. Ever since Penang tourism promotion was given high priorities in 1996, tourist arrivals in Penang had increased tremendously. The highly successful Visit Penang Year 1998 launched by Dato Kee Phaik Cheen created an unforgetable brand experience by tourists, local as well as foreign. It has also created a vivid brand image consistent with its unique heritage values as a tourist destination. I was involved in the creative strategy for Visit Penang Year working hand in hand with PDC's tourism department staff in areas of strategic planning, implementation of A&P and creative communication. Perak has great potentials as a tourist destination with nature and culture as its competitive edge which offer unique experiences for tourists. I look forward to offer my expertise to the state government to make Perak among the top destinations in Malaysia. Perak Tourism - a sleeping beauty is awakening! Learn from Penang tourism.
Ever since Penang tourism promotion was given high priorities in 1996, tourist arrivals in Penang had increased tremendously. The highly successful Visit Penang Year 1998 launched by Dato Kee Phaik Cheen created an unforgetable brand experience by tourists, local as well as foreign.
It has also created a vivid brand image consistent with its unique heritage values as a tourist destination.
I was involved in the creative strategy for Visit Penang Year working hand in hand with PDC’s tourism department staff in areas of strategic planning, implementation of A&P and creative communication.
Perak has great potentials as a tourist destination with nature and culture as its competitive edge which offer unique experiences for tourists.
I look forward to offer my expertise to the state government to make Perak among the top destinations in Malaysia.
Perak Tourism – a sleeping beauty is awakening!

]]> By: hwa kean http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 hwa kean Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:00:37 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1893 hi, im a fashion designer from ipoh malaysia,have our own brand name JIU,established since 2003,we already had our own collection show (to present JIU ready to wear and couture collection) on 21sept09 at tower regency and also 21march 10 at no5 jalan gopeng ipoh malsysia.would like to cooperate with PTA for coming event pls mail me tq. hwa kean hi,
im a fashion designer from ipoh malaysia,have our own brand name JIU,established since 2003,we already had our own collection show (to present JIU ready to wear and couture collection) on 21sept09 at tower regency and also 21march 10 at no5 jalan gopeng ipoh malsysia.would like to cooperate with PTA for coming event pls mail me tq.
hwa kean

]]> By: Dr Hasral Noor Hasni http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Dr Hasral Noor Hasni Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:19:23 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1879 why dont we do something like the edinburgh tattoo.. at a smaller scale.. say 1st weekend of the month.. get the school bands.. police show and military bands to perform.. anyway.. its a good way to promote unity and sense of belonging.. why dont we do something like the edinburgh tattoo..
at a smaller scale.. say 1st weekend of the month..
get the school bands.. police show and military bands to perform..
anyway.. its a good way to promote unity and sense of belonging..

]]> By: Derek Goh (Scotland) http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Derek Goh (Scotland) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:36:15 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1874 Is there only 1 Nasaree in Perak? You do have some fabulous ideas to .rejuvenite Ipoh Come on all Ipohite lat us waken Ipoh from its loooooooong slumber. Keep up the momentum Nasaree. I am sure all us Ipohites are behind you. THANK YOU Is there only 1 Nasaree in Perak? You do have some fabulous ideas to .rejuvenite Ipoh Come on all Ipohite lat us waken Ipoh from its loooooooong slumber. Keep up the momentum Nasaree. I am sure all us Ipohites are behind you. THANK YOU

]]> By: zam http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 zam Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:21:30 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1314 i agree wt nasaree. maybe we can do like pasar seni, kl. every weekend got programs...dancing, singing, stalls, cultural shows, etc. everytime i go to kl, will not mis those shows. simple but interesting ! i agree wt nasaree.
maybe we can do like pasar seni, kl. every weekend got programs…dancing, singing, stalls, cultural shows, etc.
everytime i go to kl, will not mis those shows.
simple but interesting !

]]> By: tamna http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 tamna Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:11:21 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1252 quote"unfortunately,we dont have the guts.!do we?" unquote. i wud suggest a sub committee as follows; ngo committee to market the ngo members. student committee to market the students. business committee to market the business enterprise. pensioner committee to market the the pensioners. etc. lets get pro active and not re active to nasaree's comment. quote”unfortunately,we dont have the guts.!do we?”
unquote.

i wud suggest a sub committee as follows;
ngo committee to market the ngo members.
student committee to market the students.
business committee to market the business enterprise.
pensioner committee to market the the pensioners.
etc.
lets get pro active and not re active to nasaree’s
comment.

]]> By: Friend of the Community http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 Friend of the Community Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:09:15 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1190 I'm really excited to read about the newly revamped Perak Tourist Assocation helmed by Haji Mohd Odzman bin Abdul Kadir, a man most passionate about promoting tourism in Perak. The responses received indicate that the people of Ipoh are more than ready for a season of change to sweep over Ipoh, long regarded as a "dead town". I agree with the many suggestions by Nasaree on how to bring Ipoh back to life! We must involve the community at all levels and the street activities are thus a brilliant idea. Not only will such activities stir the economy, they will begin to attract foreigners to Ipoh and hence, foreign investment. But first we have to clean up our act! Some of the unpalatable things that take place in our public areas must go to make way for the new. For a start, polo ground must be spruced up and the hawkers relocated immediately! Tourists who come to Ipoh are often disappointed and disgusted when they visit polo ground. The sight that greets them is a hawker-infested chaotic mess instead of a pleasant community park for family picnics, rest and relaxation. What they find is too much traffic choking the area and too many inappropriate activities for a small park to handle. Ipoh needs a governing body to manage its parks and gardens, which are central to the development of tourism in any city. I agree with Nasaree about having street events, marches, gatherings, fireworks, exhibitions, art and craft etc BUT NONE OF THESE SHOULD TAKE PLACE AT POLO GROUND which is too small to handle the volume. These city-wide events should take place at Dataran Ipoh and Ipoh Padang and perhaps Taman D.R. Seenivasagam. And the hawkers can be relocated there or to some other designated hawker zone, away from residential the neighbourhoods. I hope that PTA will take note. Keep residential areas purely residential. No city can attract tourists if the authorities cannot manage their parks and gardens well. I’m really excited to read about the newly revamped Perak Tourist Assocation helmed by Haji Mohd Odzman bin Abdul Kadir, a man most passionate about promoting tourism in Perak. The responses received indicate that the people of Ipoh are more than ready for a season of change to sweep over Ipoh, long regarded as a “dead town”.

I agree with the many suggestions by Nasaree on how to bring Ipoh back to life! We must involve the community at all levels and the street activities are thus a brilliant idea. Not only will such activities stir the economy, they will begin to attract foreigners to Ipoh and hence, foreign investment.

But first we have to clean up our act! Some of the unpalatable things that take place in our public areas must go to make way for the new. For a start, polo ground must be spruced up and the hawkers relocated immediately! Tourists who come to Ipoh are often disappointed and disgusted when they visit polo ground. The sight that greets them is a hawker-infested chaotic mess instead of a pleasant community park for family picnics, rest and relaxation. What they find is too much traffic choking the area and too many inappropriate activities for a small park to handle. Ipoh needs a governing body to manage its parks and gardens, which are central to the development of tourism in any city.

I agree with Nasaree about having street events, marches, gatherings, fireworks, exhibitions, art and craft etc BUT NONE OF THESE SHOULD TAKE PLACE AT POLO GROUND which is too small to handle the volume. These city-wide events should take place at Dataran Ipoh and Ipoh Padang and perhaps Taman D.R. Seenivasagam. And the hawkers can be relocated there or to some other designated hawker zone, away from residential the neighbourhoods.

I hope that PTA will take note. Keep residential areas purely residential. No city can attract tourists if the authorities cannot manage their parks and gardens well.

]]> By: NASAREE http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 NASAREE Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:02:17 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1151 Lets call it the IPOH SUNDAy FESTIVAL or PESTA AHAD IPOH. every sunday,every week,every month for 12 months The programme. 0800 hours===mini walkathon 0830 hours===mini marathon 0900 hours===mini cyclithon 1000 hours===a special marching band and cultural dance parade. 1700 hours==special concert 2000 hours==special show. 2400 hours==good night. all it takes is not political will.it does not matter who is in power. all it takes is pure hard work.period! Lets call it the IPOH SUNDAy FESTIVAL or PESTA AHAD IPOH.
every sunday,every week,every month for 12 months

The programme.

0800 hours===mini walkathon
0830 hours===mini marathon
0900 hours===mini cyclithon
1000 hours===a special marching band and cultural dance parade.

1700 hours==special concert
2000 hours==special show.

2400 hours==good night.

all it takes is not political will.it does not matter who is in power.

all it takes is pure hard work.period!

]]> By: NAZRUL http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 NAZRUL Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:27:28 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1139 Congratulations to Tuan Haji Mohd Odzman bin Abdul Kadir and his committee. Please permit me to pen down by instilling that the trust to all these promotion, activity creating and planning must be integrated among all the contributing agencies, i.e. hotels, transportation, marketing, eateries, current tourist attraction venues, recreational, local governmnet and municipals. No one is in isolation. Currently there are in place some ongoings events that welcome some collective spirit. Let us put aside whatever differences that we have and dedicate towards our common good and prosperity for all. Hopefully the cooperation and success of these exisiting events could be the platform cum benchmarks to embark on subsequent adventurous initiatives. As Ipoh residents, let us contribute by sprucing up whatever little we can within our own neighbourhood, for starters. Compliments again to this new committee on your endeavour. Create and leave some impact during your term. All the best. Congratulations to Tuan Haji Mohd Odzman bin Abdul Kadir and his committee. Please permit me to pen down by instilling that the trust to all these promotion, activity creating and planning must be integrated among all the contributing agencies, i.e. hotels, transportation, marketing, eateries, current tourist attraction venues, recreational, local governmnet and municipals. No one is in isolation. Currently there are in place some ongoings events that welcome some collective spirit. Let us put aside whatever differences that we have and dedicate towards our common good and prosperity for all. Hopefully the cooperation and success of these exisiting events could be the platform cum benchmarks to embark on subsequent adventurous initiatives. As Ipoh residents, let us contribute by sprucing up whatever little we can within our own neighbourhood, for starters. Compliments again to this new committee on your endeavour. Create and leave some impact during your term. All the best.

]]> By: AARON ONG http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/01/14/perak-to-give-priority-to-domestic-tourism/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 AARON ONG Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:18:16 +0000 http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/?p=897#comment-1029 Lemme add to Nasaree when he said, "What good is promoting Perak when the Ipoh city is dead!" Ipoh City is not only dead. It is Dead, DEAD and DEADER than a DODO!! Yessiree!! It is that DEAD!!! I can't imagine any other city that is so DEAD!! There is practically no culture, no live arts and basically nothing here!! Ipoh city in its present state is fit for no one other than retirees. Don't believe me? Ask Penangites, ask KLites. I mean you can walk through Kota Bharu and even see Mat Salleh tourists and backpackers around the town centre almost every day. When was the last time anyone see a Mat Salleh tourist in Ipoh town? All the above suggestions by Nasaree sounds good to me. Why can't we have marching bands marching their way through the main street every Sunday? Or maybe a static performance at Ipoh Padang. That'll give the performers an outlet for their talents. Can't we have local music schools organising classical performances? Can't we have magic shows, street performers etc etc.? I hope whoever is handling tourism look into ways on how to create activities to make Ipoh a vibrant city and to draw tourists. Lemme add to Nasaree when he said, “What good is promoting Perak when the Ipoh city is dead!”

Ipoh City is not only dead. It is Dead, DEAD and DEADER than a DODO!! Yessiree!! It is that DEAD!!!

I can’t imagine any other city that is so DEAD!! There is practically no culture, no live arts and basically nothing here!! Ipoh city in its present state is fit for no one other than retirees. Don’t believe me? Ask Penangites, ask KLites. I mean you can walk through Kota Bharu and even see Mat Salleh tourists and backpackers around the town centre almost every day. When was the last time anyone see a Mat Salleh tourist in Ipoh town?

All the above suggestions by Nasaree sounds good to me. Why can’t we have marching bands marching their way through the main street every Sunday? Or maybe a static performance at Ipoh Padang. That’ll give the performers an outlet for their talents. Can’t we have local music schools organising classical performances?

Can’t we have magic shows, street performers etc etc.? I hope whoever is handling tourism look into ways on how to create activities to make Ipoh a vibrant city and to draw tourists.

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