{"id":27290,"date":"2024-03-20T05:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=27290"},"modified":"2024-03-20T05:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:54:19","slug":"a-new-tourism-product-go-to-lepa-banggi-launched-to-bolster-tourist-arrivals-in-kudat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/03\/20\/a-new-tourism-product-go-to-lepa-banggi-launched-to-bolster-tourist-arrivals-in-kudat\/","title":{"rendered":"A new tourism product, &#8216;Go To Lepa Banggi&#8217;, launched to bolster tourist arrivals in Kudat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU; A new tourism product called &#8216;Go To Lepa Banggi&#8217; has been introduced to attract more international tourists to visit Kudat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gulam Modal Insan Foundation (YGMI) launched this product and also entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Liaoning Northern International Travel Service Company Limited, a Chinese company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch event and MoU signing ceremony took place at UTC Sembulan on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The product launch was officiated by Deputy Chief Minister II, Datuk Seri Dr Joachim Gunsalam, who expressed his congratulations and best wishes to YGMI, particularly its President, Dato&#8217; Seri Gulam Tumai, for taking this initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Joachim is highly confident that this collaboration will significantly increase the number of foreign tourists, especially Chinese nationals, visiting the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Joachim emphasised that the tourism industry in Sabah is a vital source of income that can drive the state&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that the influx of tourists to Sabah will create numerous job opportunities for local residents and help reduce the unemployment rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stressed the significance of the Kudat district, which is renowned for its stunning open sea beauty, picturesque islands, rich cultural heritage, and traditions of the Rungus ethnic group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual Gong Festival held in Kudat is an additional attraction for tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Joachim believes that initiatives like this will encourage tourists to explore not only popular destinations like Semporna and Kundasang but also other districts such as Kudat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the state government welcomes such initiatives and hopes that more captivating locations within the state will become popular tourist destinations for both local and international visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU; A new tourism product called &#8216;Go To Lepa Banggi&#8217; has been introduced to attract more international tourists to visit Kudat. The Gulam Modal Insan Foundation (YGMI) launched this product and also entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Liaoning Northern International Travel Service Company Limited, a Chinese company. The launch event and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27291,"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-27290","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\/27290","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=27290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27292,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27290\/revisions\/27292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}