LAWAS: The cool and serene Ba’Kelalan highland, renowned for its annual apple festival in the world tourism industry, is now eyeing the lucrative homestay programme.
The booming homestay programme in the country has generated positive vibes among the remote Ba’Kelalan residents here who want a piece of the pie in the growing tourism industry in the country. Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit was quoted as saying in Parliament recently that revenue from the homestay programme in the country increased by 26.78% to RM15.7 million last year with tourist participation in the programme having increased by 29.8% to 254,981 people.
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