KUALA LUMPUR: At least one million people are expected to visit museums round Malaysia this 12 months following the reopening of the nation’s borders in April, says the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac).
Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri stated the inflow of vacationers is expected to generate round RM900,000 in income, including that it could be channelled to the Department of Museums belief fund.
“Motac has launched the Tourism Recovery Framework Plan 2.0, a continuation of the Economic Stimulus Package, to facilitate the recovery of the tourism and cultural industry, in addition to giving incentives and assistance for Malaysians in the forms of discounts, vouchers and rebates to travel domestically.
“Additionally, the government is committed to increasing the number of skilled workers and products in the tourism sector by the drafting and implementation of both the National Tourism Plan 2020-2030 as well as the National Cultural Policy (Daken),” stated Nancy stated throughout her speech on the opening ceremony of the Textiles Motifs and Design Exhibition Thursday (July 7).
The ministry can be encouraging cross-sector collaboration by initiatives such because the Tourism, Culture and Arts Matching Grants programme.
“This programme is designed to not only help the current industry players but to also help to train future generations in their desired cultural sector.
“It will lead to a cycle of cultural conservation that ensures a sustainable economy for everyone involved,” she added.
The exhibition is open till Dec 31 on the Saindera Gallery, National Textile Museum right here.
It consists of 4 segments that emphasise on 10 completely different components of motifs from the world of conventional Malay textiles reminiscent of wildlife.
The exhibition concerned a complete of 156 conventional textile collections of which 91 have been from the Department of Museums Malaysia and 65 have been artistic works submitted from UiTM Machang college students.
