Yen Yen's yen for collecting air miles

Yen Yen - fast-tracking tourismMariam Mokhtar

Rather than swanning around a world collecting air miles as well as souvenirs, a Minister for tourism, Ng Yen-Yen, should be cleaning up tourism inside of a country. Tourism, only similar to charity, should proceed at home.

Malaysia is neither marked down of attractions, both natural as well as man-made, nor does it lack a infrastructure. When it comes to promoting tourism in Malaysia, does a minister need to span a length as well as breadth of a continents, upon vacation 26 countries as well as 61 cities, to spend a towering RM3.25 million?

Ng should gain upon Malaysias biggest item - a people. It is people who have things happen. A vital tourist captivate is nothing if a service is poor.

If people in a ancillary industries lack basic hygiene as well as cleanliness, potential commercial operation have been put off. If a people promoting these sites have been bad at communication, commercial operation is slow.

Ng might not have outlayed a eye-watering amounts of Khir Toyo, who took his family, their lassie as well as his middle round upon a ridicule to Disneyland for work experience, though she is close.

If she does not wish to be ridiculed, afterwards she should have exercised extreme anticipation with a open purse.

Recently, her ministry embarked upon a 1Malaysia Green, 1Malaysia Clean campaign to foster a purify environment.

She said, We wish to develop a culture in which all Malaysians assistance to keep Malaysia purify as well as green. That should be their responsibilities.

The operative words here have been immature as well as responsibilities.

Ng has been insane in sending out churned messages as well as insane in creation excessive trips. Being immature cannot be completed with millions of air-miles (hers as well as her entourage). She has not marked down her carbon foot-print decidedly n! ot green .

Air-travel should be kept to a smallest as well as a respective High Commission staff empowered to foster tourism.

Or is there a spirit of truth in a rumour which ministers lend towards to arrange trips to happen at a same time with a begin of a educational years (for their offspring to attend overseas schools) or a sales/promotion deteriorate (for world famous dialect stores similar to Tiffanys or Harrods) or vital sporting events (like Wimbledon or a Melbourne Cup)?

More importantly, Ng forgets which a bulk of Malaysias tourism is contingent upon internal tourists.

When a rate of exchange is not attractive or if a ash cloud from Gunung Merapi rises to dangerous levels which air-travel might be halted (like in Europe earlier this year), a tourism industry would cease, though for Malaysians patronising these attractions, as well as spending money at home instead of going abroad.

We have been through multiform disappointing Ministers for Tourism. Many dwelled upon large expensive projects or appointed obscure foreigners well known to only 3% of a population.

Why do they keep omission a many important basis similar to cleanliness, customer service, pleasantness as well as commitment to safety?

In a 80s, an general module was initiated to urge a hygiene as well as cleanliness of countries in South-East Asia. A few years later, countries similar to Thailand done huge progress.

To this day, Malaysians do not know nor caring about things they cruise trivia, such as cleanliness of open toilets. If Thailand can do it, why cant we?

Similarly, with a sex trade, a Thais promoted a use of condoms as well as greatly marked down infection rates of HIV/AIDs as well as STDs. At which time, a assorted ministries refused to admit which Muslims had extramarital sex as well as so a condom message was not highlighted. The ensuing outcome was which scores of people were infected.

If Yen-Yen is really geared up for improving tourism, she needs to purify up! at home first.

She contingency be aware of a bad safety record. She should implement as well as have coercion critical, to urge safety.

Has she been to a small islands as well as seen how hold up jackets have been frequency used? Or which young kids use life-jackets meant for adults? Or boats have been over-filled?

Has she been upon a long-distance manager ride as well as seen a things which Malaysians as well as tourists who use these services have to put up with?

Has she visited sites around a nation which begin off brilliantly, similar to a Snake Sanctuary in Langkawi, though which is right away in a distressing state, with cracks in a glass cages or rubbish strewn everywhere?

Should something go wrong as well as a military inform made, Yen-Yen is undeveloped of a difficulties faced by tourists who find it unfit to promulgate with military crew with a bad authority of English.

Or, as has happened, policemen who abuse Chinese/Japanese/Korean nationals - these East Asians have been wrongly insincere to be Malaysian Chinese as well as expected to speak Bahasa Malaysia when creation a military report.

If Yen-Yen has taken a infirm person out in Malaysia, she will conclude a difficulties they face. Many of a visitor attractions have no infirm comforts or wheelchair access.

If Malaysia wants to be progressive, it contingency have holidaying an experience to be common by a disabled, too. - Malaysian Mirror

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