A recent article about Indonesia registering three cultural heritage sites at UNESCO got me thinking about the entire issue. Just how many sites does Malaysia have on UNESCO? Can you name some of them? Let us see.
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Lutong Bazaar To Become Heritage Site
Malaysia is famous for the uniqueness of its street bazaars, where vendors display goods and products of every colour, shape and size. These bazaars are often frequented not because of their tourist value, but because the products on offer are simply irresistible for bargain hunters. Among the more famous street bazaars in Malaysia are the [...]
Sarawak Enjoys Growth In Tourist Arrivals
It is not all gloom and doom in Asia. On August 1, Chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Sarawak, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, revealed that tourist arrivals to the State increased by 10 percent, representing an additional 85,000 visitors during the first three months of 2009. Taib Mahmud expressed his confidence that this [...]
Birds In The City
The most common birds that citydwellers in Malaysia usually encounter are crows, sparrows and pigeons. Crows are the biggest pests, while pigeons are not that welcome because of their droppings, and sparrows, well, they tend to flit around going about their own business. One other type of bird, however, means big business for some enterprising [...]
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