Spreading the Travel Bug among Bird Flu Countries
New Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan couldn’t have picked a worse time to announce his ambitious target of attracting 20.1 million tourists by 2007. On Monday, Malaysia reported its first case of bird flu for more than a year. To add to his woes, 7 people who are living in the affected area were admitted to hospital for further tests because they had flu symptoms.It might be better for him to re-strategise and promote ourselves as a tourist destination to countries that are already being hit by the bird flu (e.g. Hungary, India, China, Indonesia, Nigeria etc.) He might call this group the CHIRP countries (Countries Hurt by avIan Repiratory Problems) and promote tours to affected villages and farms. Part of the itinerary could include culling demonstrations, displays of local bird species affected by the disease, visits to local pharmacies or medical stores to buy our sturdy made-in-malaysia masks and end with a meal of farm-bred goat meat.
Any tour agency like to take this idea up?
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posted by hew @ 5:06 pm
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