‘Beautiful Sabah 2.0 Video Contest’ for videography enthusiasts

KOTA KINABALU: Videography enthusiasts have an opportunity to show off their creativity skill by creating a montage of the Sabah’s tourism attractions and submit it to the Sabah Tourism Board (STB) to win attractive prizes.

All STB needed is a short video of 30 seconds to 3 minutes and send the work to ‘Beautiful Sabah 2.0 Video Contest’ which was officially launched by their chairman, Datuk Joniston Bangkuai at STB office, yesterday.

The submission started yesterday will close on Aug 31, this year. The result will be known after a month later.

“We are providing a platform for visitors and locals alike to capture the moments and share their experience through the video. This is a new approach for us to promote the State tourism and get feedback for the industry,” said Joniston.

This is the second online contest organised by STB after the successful photography contest last year which attracted almost 2,000 submissions depicting beautiful Sabah, he said.

STB general manager, Gordon Yapp said: “The selected videos will be viral in the social media to become a promotional tool for STB.”

“We believe many people have recorded a lot of beautiful places in Sabah. And now they can put their creativity to the test and send it to us,” said Yapp.

The contest is free for the public and it is sponsored by Amazing Borneo, Borneo Trails Tours & Travel and Nandos Malaysia.

A lot of attractive prizes including a GoPro action camera await the winners. The visual can be taken by any devices including the cell phone.

The entry must be sent to www.beautifulsabah.com or contact STBcommunication manager, Hana Harun at 088-212121 or email: hana@sabahtourism.com Also present was STB deputy general manager, Noredah Othman.

Source: New Sabah Times