George Town, Muar and Langkawi had been honoured for his or her dedication to being clean tourist cities at the latest Asean Tourism Standard Awards in Preah Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
The native councils of the respective cities – Penang Island City Council, Muar Municipal Council and Langkawi Municipal Council Tourism City – received within the Asean Clean Tourist City Standard class.
The awards had been held at the side of the latest Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022.
The three cities had been a part of 14 Malaysians winners, that additionally included accommodations and tourist points of interest. Winners had been chosen primarily based on their excellent compliance of the Asean Tourism Standards.
Malaysian tourism stakeholders additionally received within the Green Hotel Standard, MICE Venue Standard and Sustainable Tourism Standard classes.
In a press release, the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry stated the ten Asean member nations have deemed tourism service standardisation important for enhancing the standard of tourism services.
“In accordance with the Asean Strategic Tourism Plan 2016-2025, the Asean Tourism Standard can also be a regular for all Asean member nations, and regional tourism business gamers to make use of as a information in offering high-quality and glorious service supply to vacationers which goals to make Asean a superb vacation spot on a worldwide scale,” stated the ministry.
These eight tourism requirements underneath the auspices of Asean National Tourism Organizations are: Green Hotel Standard, Spa Services Standard, Clean Tourist City Standard, Community Based Tourism Standard, Homestay Standard, Public Toilet Standard, MICE Venue Standard and Sustainable Tourism Standard.
Here’s the whole checklist of Malaysian winners at the Asean Tourism Awards 2022:
Asean Clean Tourist City Standard (2022-2024)
Penang Island City Council
Muar Municipal Council
Langkawi Municipal Council Tourism City
Asean Green Hotel Standard (2022-2024)
Mandarin Oriental (Kuala Lumpur)
The Datai Langkawi (Kedah)
Shangri-La Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa (Penang)
Golden Sand Resort by Shangri-La (Penang)
Asean MICE Venue Standard (Meeting Room) (2022-2024)
Four Points by Sheraton Puchong (Selangor)
Lexis Hibiscus Port Dickson (Negri Sembilan)
Le Meridien Hotel Putrajaya (Putrajaya)
Doubletree by Hilton Melaka (Melaka)
Shangri-la Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa (Penang)
Asean Sustainable Tourism Standard (2022-2023)
Urban Category – The Habitat Penang Hill (Penang)
Rural Category – Walai Penyu Conservation Park, Libaran (Sabah)
