http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2004/4/19/nation/7795067&sec=nation
Monday April 19, 2004
Experts to help tap Bario agro-ecotourism potential
KUCHING: The Bario Highlands in northern Sarawak, known to produce Sarawak’s famous rice, will be explored further for its agro-ecotourism potential.
Experts will gather to discuss research findings and exchange views on opportunities in the agro-ecotourism sector in a first-ever Bario seminar in Miri on May 11.
Papers to be presented include Bario Rice: Potentials and Constraints; Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats Analysis for Bario; Culture and History of Bario and the Kelabits, and the highland’s agro-eco-tourism potential.
The event will be followed by a two-day Bario Festival at the highlands, which will showcase the colourful culture and craft of the Kelabits in their homeland.
Bario is accessible by twin otter aircraft from Miri. The fertile rice-growing plateau is located 1,128m above sea level.
Its cool climate and the warm hospitability of the Kelabits have made Bario a favourite tourist destination for foreigners.
The seminar and festival are jointly organised by Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Bintulu campus, state Tourism Ministry, Miri Resident’s Office, state Agriculture Department and Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
The organisers said the seminar would compile research, survey and inventory data, evaluate opportunities and constraints, and encourage new ventures and promote eco-tourism in the highlands.
During the festival, there would be demonstrations on rice processing and salt making, displays of Kelabit and Penan craft, an exhibition on the floriculture industry and sale of agro-products.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Thursday, January 2, 2003
Bario to be made highland garden to attract tourists
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/1/2/nation/kchhorse&sec=nation
Thursday, January 02, 2003
Bario to be made highland garden to attract tourists
KUCHING: The Bario plateau in northern Sarawak will be turned into a highland garden for nature-loving tourists.
State Tourism Minister Datuk Abang Johari Tun Openg said different temperate flowers would be planted along the roads in the plateau and a special horse carriageway would be built to ferry tourists to the cottage area from the recently-upgraded Bario airfield.
“Non-motorised vehicles will be used there,'' he told reporters after welcoming more than 100 passengers on Flight MH684 from Singapore at the airport here on the first day of “Visit Sarawak Year 2003'' yesterday.
Johari said about RM3mil was expected to be spent to develop the Bario highland garden project, which would be a unique environmental-friendly tourism product for upmarket tourists.
Bario, which is 1,128m above sea level, is the homeland of some 8,000 Kelabits of Sarawak.
It is a fertile plateau where the Kelabits produce several varieties of high quality rice.
Johari said tourists could stay at the Kelabit traditional longhouses, and could visit the various attractions such as natural hot springs, waterfalls and salt springs there.
Thursday, January 02, 2003
Bario to be made highland garden to attract tourists
KUCHING: The Bario plateau in northern Sarawak will be turned into a highland garden for nature-loving tourists.
State Tourism Minister Datuk Abang Johari Tun Openg said different temperate flowers would be planted along the roads in the plateau and a special horse carriageway would be built to ferry tourists to the cottage area from the recently-upgraded Bario airfield.
“Non-motorised vehicles will be used there,'' he told reporters after welcoming more than 100 passengers on Flight MH684 from Singapore at the airport here on the first day of “Visit Sarawak Year 2003'' yesterday.
Johari said about RM3mil was expected to be spent to develop the Bario highland garden project, which would be a unique environmental-friendly tourism product for upmarket tourists.
Bario, which is 1,128m above sea level, is the homeland of some 8,000 Kelabits of Sarawak.
It is a fertile plateau where the Kelabits produce several varieties of high quality rice.
Johari said tourists could stay at the Kelabit traditional longhouses, and could visit the various attractions such as natural hot springs, waterfalls and salt springs there.
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