LABUAN: Eco-tourism destination Desa Land has emerged as Labuan\u2019s top tourist attraction, recording more than 100,000 visitors since it began operations in 2021.
\nThe\u00a0Tourism Promotion Board\u2019s Labuan Tourist Information Centre (LTIC) manager Nor Hidayah Mohd Noor said this\u00a0positive development augurs well for\u00a0Labuan\u2019s tourism sector.
\n\u201cDesa Land promotes nature-based activities which have been a hit with\u00a0visitors.
\nThis\u00a0ecotourism attraction in Labuan can be considered as a crowd puller, and we share in their achievement,\u201d she told\u00a0Bernama today.
\nNor Hidayah said LTIC had been promoting the island\u2019s tourist\u00a0attractions on\u00a0various platforms, and it acknowledged the hard work put in by the Desa Land\u00a0operator to make it a top attraction.
\nLabuan Corporation (LC) chief executive officer Rithuan Ismail said Desa Land\u2019s achievement was a testament to the robustness of Labuan\u2019s tourism industry.
\n\u201cDesa Land is an amazing model to revive the tourism-based economy. The number of visitors recorded since 2021 is\u00a0impressive.
\n\u201cLabuan Corporation will continue to assist\u00a0tourism operators on\u00a0this island to innovate tourism products to make\u00a0Labuan a popular tourism destination,\u201d he said.\u00a0
\nDesa Land founder Datuk Seri Mohd Alias Abd Rahman said the number of people visiting the site had increased after the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic.
\n\u201cWe must be thankful for\u00a0the continuous support from LC, the\u00a0Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture,\u00a0and the people for making Desa Land a must-visit destination,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cFor instance, the number of visitors enjoying our train and dinosaur and replica garden exploration alone over the last six months is\u00a0more than 25, 000,\u201d he said.
\nDesa Land, which was\u00a0built on a six-acre piece of land at Jalan Sg Pagar, Kampung Sg Miri, offers activities like\u00a0a quad bike all-terrain vehicle (ATV) tour, boat paddling at a\u00a0natural pond and camping trips.
\nDesa Land has 35 units of tree house, pine cabin, log cabin, chalet\u00a0and dome accommodation.
\n\u201cWe are increasing activities\u00a0in Desa Land to tailor them\u00a0to current and future trends, like canopy walks, ghost tunnel and rock climbing. We\u00a0are looking at night exploration activities for our visitors to enjoy the natural areas here,\u201d he said.
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LABUAN: Eco-tourism destination Desa Land has emerged as Labuan\u2019s top tourist attraction, recording more than 100,000 visitors since it began operations in 2021. The\u00a0Tourism Promotion Board\u2019s Labuan Tourist Information Centre (LTIC) manager Nor Hidayah Mohd Noor said this\u00a0positive development augurs well for\u00a0Labuan\u2019s tourism sector. \u201cDesa Land promotes nature-based activities which have been a hit with\u00a0visitors. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19283,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19281\/revisions\/19283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}