For those of you planning to visit Sarawak, your trip will be easier with the Sarawak Travel app. For your information, Sarawak is making another step forward in digital tourism with the launching of the Sarawak Travel App and Portal.
The launching service occurred at the Imperial Hotel Kuching a week ago and attend by governments and corporate organizations, and also including media.
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said that “The digitalization of the tourism industry aspires to allow seamless travel experience for both domestic and international tourists to Sarawak, which fits the State’s Visit Sarawak Campaign.”
He also added, “It will also showcase Sarawak’s diverse culture, adventure, nature, food and festivals in mobile application and web portal, presenting them through virtual and augmented reality capabilities. The app can act as a practical guide for tourists, which includes getting information about the destinations, bookings, transactions, and reviews about the places they have visited.”
The app was developed as a travel guide for tourists in Sarawak and they can certainly get background information of a place they want to visit as well as location and contact information.
Travelers can also plan a trip by booking a registered travel agency.
The Sarawak Travel application was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Sarawak, Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) and a team from the Center for Innovation and Enterprise Research from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
Source: TTRWeekly