{"id":18143,"date":"2022-09-12T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=18143"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T04:43:48","slug":"district-council-and-office-urged-to-identify-more-tourism-spots-in-sri-aman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/2022\/09\/12\/district-council-and-office-urged-to-identify-more-tourism-spots-in-sri-aman\/","title":{"rendered":"District Council And Office Urged To Identify More Tourism Spots In Sri Aman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Sri Aman District Council and Office were urged to identify more tourism spots or products in the area which can be brought up to the ministry for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom there, together we can boost those areas into becoming new tourist attractions to visitors,\u201d said Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was during the closing ceremony of 2022 Pesta Benak<\/em> at Simanggang on 11 September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The iconic annual Pesta Benak held at Sri Aman is seen as a stimulant to spur other tourism-related industries (Photo taken in 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Also attended the closing ceremony of Pesta Benak<\/em> was Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and Simanggang assemblyman Datuk Francis Harden Hollis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding more on products for tourist attraction, Dato Sri Abdul Karim noted that the Sri Aman Waterfront as the perfect example as it has become an attraction to both locals and visitors alike as the public like to spend time there during the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sri Aman Waterfront is the perfect example as it has become an attraction to both locals and visitors who like to visit it during the evening <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

During the opening ceremony on the 10 September 2022, the Sarawak Premier announced that the Sri Aman riverbank will be expanded to provide more facilities for people in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Premier noted that the improvement of the riverbank would also facilitate the residents there to increase their catch of ikan bulu<\/em>, which is synonymous with the town of Simanggang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his speech, Dato Sri Abdul Karim said that the iconic annual Pesta Benak<\/em> held at Simanggang is also seen as a stimulant for other tourism-related industries.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Other industries and sectors such as the cultural sector is benefitting from the event (Photo taken in 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWhenever it (Pesta Benak<\/em>) was held, various other industries and economic sectors will benefit from it including the food and beverage, commerce, cultural and handicraft as well as the cottage industries,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith events such as Pesta Benak<\/em>, it can spur other tourism-related industries in Simanggang and other areas as well,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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The event has had opened business opportunities to the local people to promote and sell their products (Photo taken in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Adding more, Dato Sri Abdul Karim noted that the hotel industry in the area is also expanding due to the increasing number of visitors to Sri Aman especially during big events such as the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven the rooms at hotels regardless whether they are big or small are not enough as they have been prebooked by outsiders who wished to come to Sri Aman to witness the festival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touching on the tourism industry in Simanggang, Dato Sri Abdul Karim also said that more efforts need to be done to diversify the tourism products in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd for that, the old government rest house, Rumah Sri Aman<\/em> which we planned to turn into a museum can be launched by next year,\u201d he said adding that the year 2023 will be the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the Sri Aman treaty agreement taking place in the historical building.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo of Rumah Sri Aman in 2019, prior to its renovation to be turned into a museum <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Elaborating more on the building, Dato Sri Abdul Karim said that it will an avenue to illustrate the historical event of the people and the place prior to the Peace Declaration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old government rest house was renamed Rumah Sri Aman<\/em> to commemorate the end of the communist movement that oppose to the formation of Malaysia during the 1960s.<\/p>\n

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