Banking on rivers’ potential


A bird’s eye view of Sungai Klang from the Brickfields site. — Photos: AZLINA ABDULLAH, LOW LAY PHON, FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

RIDING a gondola in Venice, Italy, is a must for anyone visiting the floating city. The activity is so popular that other cities of the world with living rivers are also banking on this golden tourism tool to create their very own water city.

Cities in the east which have borrowed the tag are Srinagar in India, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei, Lijiang in China, Hanoi in Vietnam, Bangkok in Thailand, Manila in the Philippines and many more.

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