Ecotourism gives new life to Kuala Sepetang

The jetty in Kuala Sepetang where the fishing boats dock. Photo by FOONG PEK YEE.

IT was a very hot afternoon in Kuala Sepetang New Village on a Tuesday recently and hardly any tourists were around.

But boatman Tan Bok Bian was not taking it easy. He was literally chasing after my friends and I when we approached a jetty where a few fishing boats were docked.