Category: Tourism
Ipoh Echo Bags Tourism Award
The Perak Tourism Award Night 2011 (Malam Anugerah Pelancongan Negeri Perak 2011), held at the Royal Perak Golf Club on the night of Friday, December 30, was a fitting finale to Year 2011. It was organised with much pomp and fanfare befitting its stature. The organisers left no stones unturned to make it a night [...]
Getting To Know
A luncheon talk co-sponsored by Tourism Malaysia Perak and the Perak Information Department was held at Hillcity Hotel, Ipoh recently to detail the roles and responsibilities of these two government agencies to participants. Over 70 participants took part in the half-day seminar. They consisted of government officials and members of the local media. Information Department [...]
A Name Change
The controversial Perak Tourist Information Centre near Ipoh Padang will undergo a name change soon. Long the bane of tourists and visitors to Ipoh and Perak, the Centre was in the limelight recently when a piece by Mariam Mokthar in Ipoh Echo (Issue 129) caused raised eyebrows within the state government. Executive Councillor for Tourism, [...]
Perak Tourism Bhd Appoints CEO
Encik Ahmad Fathil Abdul Ghani has been appointed CEO of Perak Tourism Berhad. Fathil comes to Perak with a wealth of tourism experience having served with the Terengganu State Tourism Board since 1990. Fathil initially began his career as a hotel executive in 1988 before joining the Terengganu State Secretariat in 1990 as its Tourism [...]
Food Trail Revisited
Since the launch of Tourism Malaysia’s “Ipoh Food Trail” in December last year, interest in Ipoh’s food seems to have increased exponentially. Encouraging feedback from those in the food business prompted Tourism Malaysia (Perak) to get media representatives from all over the country to come to Ipoh and savour the city’s culinary delights. The two-day [...]
New GM of Tourism Perak
Ipoh Echo welcomes Mohamed Hisam bin Mohamad Yusof who is the new General Manager of Tourism Perak Management Bhd effective July 1. Many in the tourism industry would know Hisam as the COO from Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd. Hisam, who hails from Taiping, had his early education at King Edward Institution, Taiping and [...]
Ipoh’s “Old Town” To Lure Tourists
The proposal by the Perak Government to turn the “Old Town” sector of Ipoh into a heritage attraction to draw domestic and foreign tourists is perhaps the right “tonic” to rejuvenate the ailing business sector.
Malaysian Tourist Guides Meeting
Over 90 members of the Malaysian Tourist Guides Council (MTGC) from throughout the country arrived in Ipoh on July 12 for their management seminar. The delegation which arrived via KTM’s electric train was given a traditional Malay greeting complete with a cultural dance. On the platform to greet the delegation was Perak Tourist Association Chairman [...]
Kellie’s Castle to Be Upgraded
Kellie’s Castle located in Batu Gajah will be given a RM5 million upgrade under the 10th Malaysia Plan allocation. The upgrade plans include an integrated amphitheatre, an English tea garden and a maze. “The whole upgrade will focus on the surrounding exterior and will not touch Kellie’s Castle”. The upgrade plan was announced by the [...]
What Tourists Say About Perak
K. Raja, Ipoh’s senior tourist guide, has compiled a Tourist “Wish-list” from his interactions with the hundreds of tourists he has led on tours in and around the Kinta Valley. Here are some of them: Both local and foreign visitors feel that Ipoh, Kinta, and Perak have all the tourist attractions one dreams about. These [...]
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