IPOH: The Perak government is planning to make 2012 the Visit Perak Year. State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman said it was in the midst of gathering feedback from local tourism players on the suitability of such a plan. “If appropriate and feasible, the proposal will be brought to the state exco meeting for approval,” she told reporters after launching a photography competition here yesterday. However, if the majority of tourism operators were against it, then the proposal would be scrapped, she added.
On another matter, Hamidah said the state government would no longer allow private companies to develop hot springs in Perak for commercial purposes. She said certain companies had overly commercialised these areas and charged tourists exorbitant entrance fees. “The remaining hot springs are best left to the state government to develop and manage for the benefit of the public,” she said.
-thestar online.
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