SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN, Thursday - Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) is presenting the 20th installment of its annual event, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) in World Music Expo (WOMEX) in Santiago de Compostela, Spain from October 20-23. The RWMF will be celebrating its 20th edition next year at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Damai, on the 14-16 July, with plans on making the Festival celebration bigger than ever. With the inte...

BAODING, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA, Sunday - The Sarawak Tourism Board’s focus and strategy in tapping the China market has produced some results in the event of a Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hebei Province on tourism collaborations and business exchange. This MOU provides opportunity for close cooperation, aggressive promotions and establishment of business exchange in tourism sector. This MOU is eyeing on further tourism r...

RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL A SHINING EXAMPLE ON WORLD STAGE Kuching, Tuesday – Sarawak Tourism Board’s Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) took centre stage at the Asian MICE Forum (AMF) in Taipei earlier this September, where the event was presented in the forum as a leading international music event in Asia. The RWMF was presented by Ms. Mary Wan Mering, acting Chief Executive Officer of the Board, in a panel discussion entitled “Gami...

KUCHING, Friday – Sarawak is being  represented by three hoteliers and four tour agents which are currently selling special packages  at the  ongoing  MATTA Travel Fair be held at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur. Sarawak strongly features the ever popular Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri city excursions and topping up with tours to Sarawak’s major National Parks such as Bako, Niah and Mulu UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visitors to the...

KUCHING, Saturday – Nine travel agents from Shanghai and Nanjing, China flew in today for a five-day familiarization trip to Kuching. Four Shanghai travel agents are from the Haolede International, Tongcheng Travel Agency and Ctrip while the five from Nanjing represents the China International Travel Service (Jiang Su), JSBC International Tour Service, Nanjing Zhongbei Travel Service and China Kang Hui Nanjing International Travel Service. The ...

KUCHING, Monday – Nine Taipei travel agents are currently in the city to experience for themselves Sarawak’s unique tourism products and hospitality. Flown in by the Sarawak Tourism Board through familiarization trip programme, the group arrived on Saturday and will spend time to experience the city’s attractions and unique cultural diversity. The visiting agents, led by Ms. Erica Wang from the Hong Kong Airlines branch office in Taipei, Ta...