The overwhelming demand from foreign tourists for handicraft products to take home as souvenirs has helped to expand the handicraft industry, said Malaysian Handicrafts director-general Mohd Kamil Mohd Ali.
He said statistics showed that domestic sales increased by RM26.3mil, from RM243.7mil in 2007 to RM270mil in 2009.
Batik craft was the biggest contributor at 51.4% or RM138.7mil involving handicraft sales in 2009, he said at the launch of the Premier Craft Interactive Programme by Langkawi MP Datuk Abu Bakar Taib at the handicraft complex here yesterday.
About 300 trainees and staff of the Langkawi National Service Training Camp took part in the programme which involved batik making.
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