KUCHING, 13 APRIL 2022 – The most awaited music festival in Malaysia, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF), is back once again, celebrating its 25th anniversary as a hybrid event for the first time since the beginning of the music festival in 1998. This year, the music festival themed “Legendary Rainforest Celebration” being held from 17-19 June 2022 will take on a hybrid format, with the physical concert taking place at Sarawak Cultural...

SARAWAK, 4 April 2022 – The tourism industry is on its way to recovery with more and more Malaysians starting to travel once again. Sarawak, with its abundance of natural beauty, cultural diversity, lush rainforests and vibrant wildlife, is an ideal holiday destination for travellers who want to experience the uniqueness of Malaysia. To get the best packages to Sarawak, holidaymakers can head to MATTA Fair at the World Trade Centre (WTC) Kuala...

KUCHING, 5 April 2022 – The Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) tourism and staycation homegrown brand’s campaigns – the Sia Sitok Sarawak (SSS) 3.0 and the Sia Sitok Sarawak Accommodation (SSSA) 2.0 – received an overwhelming response from local travellers with both campaigns being sold out before their ending dates on 30th April 2022. To date, both the homegrown campaigns have accumulated RM3.6 million total sales - with the SSS 3.0 generating more ...

KUCHING, 5th April 2022 – Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) officially participated in ITB India, an annual 3-day business-to-business trade show as part of its effort to further increase its visibility in the Indian and South Asian Markets. STB, along with local travel and tour operators from the southern, central and northern regions of Sarawak networked with traders virtually at the Sarawak stand housed in Imperial Hotel, Kuching from 5th – 7th A...

SARAWAK, 3rd April 2022 – Sarawak embraced its first batch of international travellers to Kuching from Singapore today, marking a vital step forward in transitioning to endemicity after almost two years of stringent border controls to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Sebastian Ting was on hand to greet the 157 passengers who arrived aboard Scoot Airlines with the ministry’s permanent secretary Hii C...

Kuching, 1st April 2022 – Borneo Jazz Festival 2022 (16th Edition) announces a Nationwide Borneo Jazz Talent Search, providing a unique opportunity for aspiring musicians between the ages of 15 - 30 years from all over Malaysia, Brunei and Kalimantan to participate, with categories for Jazz and DJ. Winners of Borneo Jazz Talent Search 2022 will not only win cash prizes, but the opportunity to attend a MasterClass by an international band on Ju...