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  • Lack of real-time updates dent Langkawi's plans to boost tourism
    THE important role played by the social media in crisis communications for the travel and tourism sector in Langkawi this week could not be better highlighted last week. This paper reported that repeat German visitors to the resort island, Hubert Heiler and his wife Mariah, were badly injured following an attack by machete-wielding robbers in Pantai Tengah. As the couple, who spend at least two ...

  • Langkawi’s reputation on the line
    THE authorities may like to think of it as "Langkawi Permata Kedah" (Langkawi the pearl of Kedah), but the goings-on at some of the major attractions on the island are putting off visitors.

  • Let's keep Langkawi magical
    DURING my first visit to Langkawi more than 15 years ago, I met several Europeans who were "returning visitors" to the island. Some were even conversant in Bahasa Malaysia.

  • Enhancing Langkawi's appeal
    THE proposed rejuvenation of Langkawi, via a five-year tourism blueprint, is set to see the potential entry of fresh investments that will make the resort island more appealing to higher-end tourists. The Langkawi Tourism Blueprint envisages RM5 billion worth of investment in tourism projects and aims to increase tourism arrivals from the current 2.4 million to three million by 2015. That would ...

  • A master plan that Langkawi island badly needs
    GEORGE TOWN: The Langkawi Tourism Blueprint is a master plan which Langkawi badly needs, say local tourism players. Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) chief executive Datuk Redza Razif points to Langkawi's rich natural endowments as key attributes and strengths which need to be harnessed. "Langkawi's intrinsic assets such as its status as Southeast Asia's first geopark along with ...

  • LADA LAUNCHES CLEAN-UP PROGRAMME IN KUAH
    LANGKAWI, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- The Langkawi Development Authority (Lada)launched "Ops Bersih" 2012 last night for the clean-up of Kuah town to ensurethat the legendary resort island of Langkawi remains clean always. Lada chief executive officer Tan Sri Khalid Ramli said the programme,involving 700 people from various agencies, was held from 10 pm to 4 am in Kuahtown to avert traffic congestion ...

  • Langkawi to get a 'lift' with chartered flights
    A FEDERAL government initiative to offer financial incentive to parties responsible for bringing in more chartered flights to the island resort is being viewed as positive by Langkawi tourism players. The 200-member strong Langkawi Tourism Association said that apart from the ongoing charter arrivals from Finland and Kazakhstan to Langkawi, there is now interest among Russian charterers as well ...

  • PANORAMA LANGKAWI LAUNCHES 'SKYCAB DUCK TOUR' FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR
    LANGKAWI, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Panorama Langkawi Sdn Bhd, which manages thecable car service here, has launched its latest product, ''SkyCab Duck Tour'',which is an amphibious bus.Its chief executive officer, Ebi Azly Abdullah, said the ''SkyCab Duck Tour''enabled tourists to experience a ride in the bus which could travel in both landand water."Tourists can experience a two-kilometre journey to ...

  • Panorama Langkawi aims to double revenue
    LANGKAWI: New tourism products for Langkawi, teamed with an increase in fares for cable car rides for international tourists, are set to contribute to higher revenues this year for Panorama Langkawi Sdn Bhd. The cable car operator's operating officer Ebi Azly Abdullah yesterday said the company is targeting to double its RM17 million revenue generated in 2011, via new activities and improving ...

  • 2012 Le Tour de Langkawi - The Russians Are Coming!
    2012 Le Tour de Langkawi - The Russians Are Coming! 2012 Le Tour de Langkawi - The Russians Are Coming! New Pro Continental Russian Team RusVelo makes its debut in Malaysia - Henk Vogels leads talented squad of Russian Young Guns looking to impress