Monday, April 26, 2010

Sarawak expects to generate at least RM10 mil during jazz festival

SARAWAK expects to earn at least RM10 million in tourism revenue during the Miri International Jazz Festival on May 14 and 15 by luring expatriates from Brunei.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said Sarawak Tourism Board had found that the majority of expatriates in Brunei and Miri were music-lovers.

“This jazz festival is going to be bigger and more exciting than before. We are getting very good response thus far, especially from the expatriates, not just from Shell here in Miri, but also from the other international companies.

“We also expect to see a big turnout from expatriates who are in Brunei. We are talking about a huge number of expatriates in Brunei, mainly Filipinos, Thais, Indonesians, Europeans, Chinese, Australians, Koreans and Japanese.

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