ALOR GAJAH, April 29 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MOTAC) is offering incentives in the form of infrastructure development in a bid to boost the homestay industry, says Deputy Minister Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.
She said this includes the construction of a community hall aimed at providing better and convenient infrastructure for homestay operators to carry out activities to attract visitors or tourists to their premises.
However, she said the hall would be built only if the village or the area had at least 10 homestay units or operators.
"This incentive is seen not only to provide comfort to visitors but it will indirectly help in the development of better infrastructure for the homestay industry.
"Hence, we urge more homestay entrepreneurs to register under the MOTAC to enable them to enjoy the benefits in the efforts to spur the industry as well as to generate lucrative income," she told reporters after officiating the ground breaking ceremony of the Kampung Paraya Homestay Community Hall at Masjid Tanah here, today.
lso present was MOTAC secretary-general Datuk Rashidi Hasbullah and State Tourism and Culture director Jeffri Munir.
Elaborating, Mas Ermieyati said entrepreneurs registered under the MOTAC would also be given skills training and tourism-related knowledge to manage the homestay business more systematically.
She said the entrepreneurs involved would also be given assistance to set up their websites and other social media platforms, to introduce their homestays to the public as well as to reach out to the wider market.
Meanwhile, she said as of now, a total 206 homestay clusters, involving 3,994 entrepreneurs and 5,604 rooms were registered under the Malaysia Homestay Experience programme and it had generated RM30.1 million in revenue last year, compared to RM27.7 million in 2016.
She said this includes the construction of a community hall aimed at providing better and convenient infrastructure for homestay operators to carry out activities to attract visitors or tourists to their premises.
However, she said the hall would be built only if the village or the area had at least 10 homestay units or operators.
"This incentive is seen not only to provide comfort to visitors but it will indirectly help in the development of better infrastructure for the homestay industry.
"Hence, we urge more homestay entrepreneurs to register under the MOTAC to enable them to enjoy the benefits in the efforts to spur the industry as well as to generate lucrative income," she told reporters after officiating the ground breaking ceremony of the Kampung Paraya Homestay Community Hall at Masjid Tanah here, today.
lso present was MOTAC secretary-general Datuk Rashidi Hasbullah and State Tourism and Culture director Jeffri Munir.
Elaborating, Mas Ermieyati said entrepreneurs registered under the MOTAC would also be given skills training and tourism-related knowledge to manage the homestay business more systematically.
She said the entrepreneurs involved would also be given assistance to set up their websites and other social media platforms, to introduce their homestays to the public as well as to reach out to the wider market.
Meanwhile, she said as of now, a total 206 homestay clusters, involving 3,994 entrepreneurs and 5,604 rooms were registered under the Malaysia Homestay Experience programme and it had generated RM30.1 million in revenue last year, compared to RM27.7 million in 2016.
-bernama.
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