THE organiser of the Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festival will introduce another major event next year, which is likely to focus on the state’s native food.
A culinary event would soon be featured in Sarawak as an extension of the ‘Rainforest’ brand name to keep tourists within the state for longer.
Sarawak Tourism Board chief executive officer Datuk Rashid Khan said that planning for the new fest was in the early stages.
“Food is an area we strongly feel we should leverage on,” Rashid said, adding that other ideas include an overall cultural event. We want to have the fest after the musical weekend, and it would probably run for a week’s period.”
Rashid said preliminary discussions have been positive, and suggestions have been made to stage it on Padang Merdeka in Kuching.“We could have stalls there, and these would only feature local food by local people. Meanwhile, hotels and restaurants can offer international cuisine promotions.
Rashid added that preliminary discussions have been positive, and suggestions have been made to stage it on Padang Merdeka in Kuching.
I’m very excited about this. I feel the private sector could even invite foreign chefs and if everything goes to plan, we could run a cuisine competition to cap off the festival.”
Performers from the music fest, Rashid added, could also be invited to perform during the extended festivities.
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