UMS holds seminar on Cultural Resource Mapping in Tourism

Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) organised a seminar on Cultural Resource Mapping in Tourism at the varsity’s Business, Economics and Accountancy Faculty.

The seminar, organised by the Tourism Management Programme and Bimp-Eaga Unit, was officiated by Tourism and Culture Ministry (Sabah Office) Director Ag Ahmad Zaki Abu Bakar.

Ahmad Zaki commended UMS for regularly organising academic discourses on tourism.

“The tourism industry is consistently in search of developing new products to encourage more tourists to explore Sabah which leads to local development.

“This will also relieve some pressure from mass tourism areas such as Kota Kinabalu and its surroundings, hence ensuring sustainability in the State’s tourism sector,” he said.

The speakers invited for the seminar were Dr Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul from UMS, Dr Spencer Hedley Mogindol (UiTM) and Dr Oliver Valentine Eboy (UMS).

They explored the concept and methods of cultural resource mapping, particularly the Cultural Route Evaluation Model (CREM), which will be implemented by a research group funded by UMS in Kota Belud and Kudat this year.

Source: Daily Express