Pahang targeting 15 million Singaporean tourists next year

KUANTAN: Offering seven new tourism products and 10 tourism icons in Pahang, the state government has targeted to attract15 million tourists from Singapore next year. Last year, tourist arrivals from the island republic was recorded at 13 million while it was 12.7 million, the previous year.

State Tourism, Arts and Heritage committee chairman Datuk Shafik Fauzan Sharif said the Pahang government was confident the new tourism products and icons could draw more Singaporeans into the state. He said the seven new products were Casabrina Villas in Raub, Wadisamrah (Janda Baik), Kela Adventure Camp (Raub), Zenith Hotel & Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre (Kuantan), Tasik Chini Resort (Tasik Chini), Tanah Aina (Raub) and JapaMala beach (Pulau Tioman).

The icons were vacations to Cameron Highlands, Bukit Fraser, Genting Highlands, National Park, Cherating, the heritage towns of Kuala Lipis and Pekan, fishing off Rompin, Tioman Island and the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre. Speaking to reporters here recently, Shafik Fauzan said the state government, through Tourism Pahang, had promoted the state in Singapore recently, and introduced the tourism icons and the new products. 

— Bernama.