City runs out of hotel rooms
Overseas music lovers hoping to attend RWMF cancel trip due to accommodation snag: STB
KUCHING: A number of ethnic music enthusiasts from overseas have cancelled their trip here for the Rainforest World Music Festival due to accommodation problems. Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chief executive officer Gracie Geikei said the affected visitors from places like Hong Kong, Australia and even Peninsular Malaysia had confirmed flight tickets to Sarawak but discovered that hotels had been fully booked.
“We’re monitoring the situation, including two-star lodgings and inns. We could do with more rooms but hopefully it’ll be better next year,” she told reporters after a book launch here yesterday. The book, titled “Thrills and Treasures of Historical Landmarks Sarawak” by Swiss-born local writer Heidi Munan, was launched by State Urban Development and Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh. Geikei was confident that foreigners would constitute 50 per cent of ticket buyers, with about 16,000 tickets already snapped up for the festival which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Listed as one of the top 50 Malaysian events under the Visit Malaysia 2007, the music festival runs from Friday to Sunday at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong, about 45 minutes’ drive from here. Geikei said safety was also a priority at the venue which can accommodate up to 24,000 people, including television and media crews, vendors and volunteers.
–Bernama
KUCHING: A number of ethnic music enthusiasts from overseas have cancelled their trip here for the Rainforest World Music Festival due to accommodation problems. Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chief executive officer Gracie Geikei said the affected visitors from places like Hong Kong, Australia and even Peninsular Malaysia had confirmed flight tickets to Sarawak but discovered that hotels had been fully booked.
“We’re monitoring the situation, including two-star lodgings and inns. We could do with more rooms but hopefully it’ll be better next year,” she told reporters after a book launch here yesterday. The book, titled “Thrills and Treasures of Historical Landmarks Sarawak” by Swiss-born local writer Heidi Munan, was launched by State Urban Development and Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh. Geikei was confident that foreigners would constitute 50 per cent of ticket buyers, with about 16,000 tickets already snapped up for the festival which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Listed as one of the top 50 Malaysian events under the Visit Malaysia 2007, the music festival runs from Friday to Sunday at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong, about 45 minutes’ drive from here. Geikei said safety was also a priority at the venue which can accommodate up to 24,000 people, including television and media crews, vendors and volunteers.
–Bernama
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