Hotels can also help promote local tourism products, says Roshidi

Opening ceremony: Roshidi cutting the ribbon to mark the opening of the Symphony Suites Hotel.

HOTELS not only play an important role as a service provider for accommodation but also function as an agent to promote local tourism products, said Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim.

He said the Ipoh City Council has been organising numerous programmes and events to promote tourism and hotels could assist by determining the potential places of interest, such as the rice fields, rubber, palm oil plantations and the limestone hills, which may not be a significant tourism vebue to the locals but an interesting attraction to foreign guests.