It is about time that Kuala Besut, which is known as a fishing village and the staging point for people going to Pulau Perhentian, be developed into a modern tourist town under a special programme by 2015.
Kuala Besut Assemblyman Dr A Rahman Mokhtar said Kuala Besut was a popular destination among tourists for its fishing village and it also served as a centre for those going to Pulau Perhentian and Pulau Redang.
He said that based on statistics, Kuala Besut attracted between 70,000 and 80,000 foreign tourists every year."Now, Kuala Besut is being developed in stages, since a few years ago, by several government agencies, like MARA, the Malaysian Fisheries Development Board and the Besut District Council," he told reporters after flagging off a convoy of 53 taxis participating in a Malaysia Day parade on Thursday.
Dr A Rahman, who is the State Health, Consumer Affairs and Unity Committee chairman, said programmes were also carried out to encourage tourism industry players to be conversant in English."So far, about 80 per cent of them are now able to interact in English with foreign tourists," he added.
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