Tenom has huge potential to become agrotourism hub


State Tourism, Culture and Environment Assistant Minister cum Sabah Tourism Board chairman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai (left) goes on a farm tour while listening to a briefing by Padas Farmstay manager Tham Yau Siong about their citrus lime cultivation.

TENOM: Sabah's interior Tenom district, known for the state's popular coffee and fruit, has the potential to become an agrotourism hub in the post Covid-19 period.

Entrepreneur Tham Yau Kong who operates the Padas Farmstay, is holding strong to his "agro-tourism" farm business, keeping it sustainable through agriculture despite a huge drop in visitors over the past year.

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