KOTA KINABALU : Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said there is no need to employ Korean nationals to act as tour guides for Korean tourists coming to Sabah.
SAPP Youth Chief Edward Dagul said the Koreans have been coming over to Sabah for many years and enjoy the beauty of the Land Below the Wind without problem.
“Why is there now a need to engage Korean nationals to act as tour guides for Korean tourists?
“The presence of local Sabah Tourist Guide Association (STGA) approved member should suffice as to provide the knowledge of places of interests and so on and if the tourist group is from a non English speaking nation, then maybe an interpreter is necessary,” he said after a meeting with senior officials of the STGA here.
Also present were Luyang Assemblywoman cum SAPP Women Chief Melanie Chia and SAPP Secretary-General Datuk Richard Yong.
The meeting was to further find out the reasons for the recent furor on the Tourism Ministry’s decision to allow Koreans to provide their own tourist guides.
Edward said as an integral part of the tourism industry, the association STGA should have a more meaningful role for the betterment of the industry. To this end, Sabah Tourism Board should include STGA’s officials as members.
“As a local party advocating autonomy, SAPP empathises with the Association. STGA has contributed immensely to the growth of tourism in Sabah. It is only right to help solve problems faced by these local tour guides instead of sidelining them further by engaging foreign nationals to fill in their shoes.
“Why was the Federal Tourism Minister seemingly determined to bypass our locals?” he asked.
He said it would be better for the ministry to look for ways to assist and develop the tourism industry further in Sabah rather than creating more problems.
“Even if the Federal Ministry has the power to grant foreign guides with Malaysian tour guide licences,” he argued that “we hope the State Government would not succumb to Ng Yen Yen’s nonsense by granting work permits of this nature.”
“While the number of unemployed youths in Sabah being recorded at more than 72,000 and increasing, the government should instead focus and find ways to help reduce unemployment.
keputusan membenarkan pemandu pelancong Korea berkhidmat untuk rakyatnya di Sabah hanyalah untuk sementara saja. SAPP tidak patut pandang dari sudut negatif keputusan ni.
ReplyDeleteBetul apa yang dikatakan itu. Jadi apa pun perlulah dibincangkan sebaiknya mengenai cadangan tersebut dengan sebaiknya.
Deleteia hnya sementara bagi kurangkan masalah kekurangan pemandu pelancong yang mahir brbahasa korea.
Deletesemntara itu, pemandu pelancong tempatan kena mempelajari pelbagai bahasa asing.
DeleteI think it is wise for Korean tour guides to teach the local guides some basic knowledge about Korean people though.
DeleteIt true..Let the local tour priority be the tour in their own state.
ReplyDeletePemandu pelancong Sabah perlu mempertingkatkan penguasaan pelbagai bahasa asing dan begitu juga dengan rakyat Korea. jangan hanya terhad pada penguasaan bahasa ibunda saja, perlu juga menguasai bahasa internasional-bahasa inggeris.
ReplyDeleteWe should view this suggestion as one of the ways to educate our local guides.
DeleteNg Yen Yen rejected the proposal for the Government to work with the STGA to train tour guides as foreign- speaking guides.
ReplyDeleteThe Tourism Ministry should be more prudent to the requests made.
DeleteActually yes, we have lots of local guides and I'm sure some of them have mastered Korean language as well. However, we need to think of the basic nature of them. They are here not only for fun but somehow relax.
ReplyDeleteNow DAP is making its announcement on this again.
ReplyDeletesabah tour guide know better than sapp leaders..
ReplyDeletetidak perlulah sapp mahu mempolitikkan keputusan menteri pelancongan.. sedangkan sapp juga telah gagal membuka banyak peluang pekerjaan di negeri ini ketika YTL masih menduduki kerusi ketua menteri..
ReplyDeletesudah la gagal menyediakan peluang pekerjaan, hampir membankrapkan sabah pula tu.. YTL dan pemimpin2 sapp tidak rasa bersalah ka??
ReplyDeletekeputusan ini diambil sebab terdapat banyak aduan dari pelancong2 korea yang mahu membawa pemandu pelancong mereka sendiri.. bukankah ini jelas menunjukkan bahawa pemandu pelancong tempatan telah gagal menarik minat pelancong2 korea ini??
ReplyDeletejika keputusan ini tidak diambil, saya yakin jumlah pelancong korea yang datang ke negeri ini akan menurun mendadak.. jika berlaku penurunan, saya yakin sapp akan menyalahkan kementerian berkenaan kerana gagal menarik pelancong dari negara itu..
ReplyDeletekeputusan itu sepatutnya tidak menjejaskan pemandu pelancong tempatan di negeri ini.. lebih2 lagi ketika keputusan itu hanya untuk sementara waktu..
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