DAILY EXPRESS
Monday, February 6, 2012
SUKAU: Durian and paddy are potential products to be highlighted and promoted in Kg Abai to attract more tourists to the village.
Making the call, its Assemblyman Datuk Saddi Abdul Rahman said that two products could be introduced to foreign visitors, apart from the popular lobster and freshwater fish known as "ikan Patin".
Kg Abai is about 45 minutes ' speedboat ride from Sandakan and less than an hour from Kg Sukau, here.
A Variety of durian species that have different colour and paddy in Kg Abai have the potential to complement popular food in the village especially during the fruit season now.
"I have also proposed that the villagers intensity a programme to cultivate local fruits and plant paddy as these crops can enhance beautification as well as improved their socio-economic aspect.
" In fact, the village is surrounded with rich biodiversity which will complement the tourism food products in the village, ' he said during his working visit to Kg Abai on Saturday.
To increase the number of tourists, he welcomed several proposals from the villagers, including organising a durian fest in the village that is expected to start early next year.
"This activity should be well-marketed to attract domestic and foreign tourists to come to Kg Abai.
"Before we could activate this campaign to bring in more visitors here, the villagers should also step up efforts to beautify their homes being operated as homestays, " he said.
He said Kg Abai came to being more than 100 years ago by the leader of an ethnic group known as "Orang Sungai" to carry out agricultural activities.
He said the village was also visited by the world's first wildlife documentary filmmakers, Martin and Osa Johnson, in the 1920s.
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