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Fire dancing in Penang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEf7-2y2X74 (Fire Dancing at Laguna Bay Beach Bar Penang Malaysia #lagunabay #firedancing #penangbeachbar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsUmh6dtcGA ( Fire Dance in Batu Ferringhi Penang)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31, 2023: Penang governments, including the present one led by DAP, have been taking tourists for granted in the tourism industry since Merdeka (Independence) 1957.
It is just relying on its beaches, sea and decades-old tourist products like the annual Chingay, Dragon Boat Race, Pesta Pulau Pinang, Penang Hill, its hawker food (the quality and taste that have deterioated and expensive) and many others to attract tourists.
You disagree? Then, just list out what new tourism products have the governments introduced over the years or recently?
The Penang government needs to wake up form the comfort of its arm chair and start introducing and promoting new tourism attractions.
Generally, tourism promotion has been left to the private sector players and they have been doing well to survive, coming up with their own tourism products and attractions.
It will do well for the Penang government to stop resting on its laurels on the tourism industry and to come up with new promotions and initiatives to help boost tourist arrivals.
It is simply unfair to just leave it to the private tourism players to do the job … or is it the government authorities just don’t have any idea on how to do it?
Perhaps the state should review what is new, trending and clicking in the private tourism industry to adopt and promote to help further boost tourist arrivals.
For example, the fire dancing shows staged by the private scetor in Tanjong Tokong and Batu Ferringi are arguably of international standard, if not better and more entertaining than elsewhere.
So, why not adopt it to promote it internationally? Not only that. Provide some financial aid to such talented entertainers to upgrade and further improve their performances to stay ahead of others internationally.
View the above video clips to see what fire dancing is all about.
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