Tengku Adnan To UK To Find Out Why Tourists Not Coming. No Need To Go So Far, Just Read The Blogs

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor will leave for the United Kingdom on Nov 10 to find out why tourist arrivals from there have declined.

He said that he would also use the visit to study the tourism trend among the people there to draw up a strategy to attract more Britons to Malaysia.

"We also will be promoting Malaysia, especially eco-tourism in Borneo, Langkawi and Sipadan Island," he told reporters at the "The Best of Belgium 2007" event here tonight.

He said that although tourist arrivals from Europe had generally increased, the level was still unsatisfactory.

The event organised by the Belgian embassy in KL was to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and Belgium and also to promote the European country's tourism products. (Bernama)

***** What's so difficult to understand about tourist numbers declining? Why should the hon. minister want to spend public funds and travel, wine, dine and lodge in 5-Star comfort in the UK when the answer can be found from the Internet?

One the one hand our government seems to go out of its way to prove its Islamic credentials while on the other it wishes to assiduously cultivate its friendly relations with the West. It grins sheepishly at the white boys while at the same time it attempts to outdo PAS in presenting an islamic face to the world or at least to that part of it which cares and nods in appreciation. In fact it has created an environment here for Malays to be less Malay and be more Arab than the Arab.

It has simultaneously and openly set the stage to deprive non-Muslims of their inalienable right to practise their faith unhindered and unmolested. The various widely publicized controversies on religious conversions lately is a case in point. The espousal by the government of the legally untenable arguments for the declaration that we are an Islamic state is yet another dampener for those who can read and write and think.

Regular displays of official muscle-flexing in the demolition of temples is another no-no indulged with glee by the authorities. The lethargic approach to fighting corruption and the inertia exhibited in dealing with over-zealous local officials like those in Rela and the khalwat-busters have further muddied an already sullied reputation.

Tengku Adnan himself has been implicated in several controversies, the latest being the 'Lingamgate' video clip imbroglio.

While the mainstream media have mostly glossed over the culpability of officialdom in many of these cases, the Internet media have explicitly described the true situation prevailing in this fair land of ours. The British are not deaf, blind and dumb. They know what is happening here and they don't like it. Therefore they give our country a miss during their travels in the region.

So YB Menteri, don't waste our money going on this junket. Stay home and read the blogs, if you secretly don't already.
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