BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brunei's Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Haji Ali on Wednesday launched a domestic tourism campaign as the country's inbound tourists have plummeted during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Initiated by the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism and the Brunei Tourism Board through the Tourism Development Department, the campaign is a collaboration between the department with hotels, local travel agents, tourism service providers and relevant government agencies.
According to the ministry, to date, a total of 12 tourism agencies, 10 hotels and 26 tourism service providers are offering domestic tourism packages.
"The Domestic Tourism Campaign is also prepared for the upcoming school holidays this December," the minister said when officiating the campaign.
"Due to limited travel activities as a result of the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that locals will spend their holidays visiting interesting places in the country with their families," he said.
"Through this campaign, it is hoped that it will contribute to the country's economic growth by encouraging locals and residents to spend locally."
This in turn, will also help open up more business opportunities for local entrepreneurs in the fields of agriculture, livestock and fisheries industries, as there would be higher demand for meat products, poultry, fish, seafood, vegetable and the likes in local restaurants, the minister added. Enditem
