The Borneo Post (Sabah)

Adventoro features adventure-based tours and activities in Malaysia

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PETALING JAYA: Adventoro Travel Technologi­es Sdn Bhd (Adventoro) is a new online platform that aims at helping people from anywhere in the world to discover and book adventureb­ased tours and activities in Malaysia.

According to its press statement, currently, the platform has more than 400 tours and activities located at various destinatio­ns in Malaysia such as in Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi Island, Sabah and Sarawak. Adventoro plans to expand its listings to include tours and activities around Southeast Asia as soon as in early 2018.

A mobile-friendly web platform, Adventoro features six categories of tours and activities: Island, River and Watersport­s; Wildlife and Jungle; Culinary and Gastronomy; Caving and Hiking; Cultural and Traditiona­l; and, Sightseein­g and Attraction­s.

Adventoro founder and chief executive officer Ken Lau said, “We are very excited about the official launch of Adventoro. We want to make it easy for users to find and purchase desired tours and activities online using just a single platform.

“Aside from Malaysia people from America, Australia, Brazil, France, UK or from anywhere can hop on Adventoro.com at any time to look for a new adventure they would like to experience.”

Prior to the official launch Adventoro was on beta for a few months. Among top bestsellin­g trips during that period were: White Water Rafting at Kampar River in Perak, Mount Kinabalu Trek Grand Adventure; Cameron Highlands Rafflesia and Mossy Forest Adventure; Taman Negara Experience; Bako National Park Overnight Adventure; and, Langkawi Kayaking at Mangrove Forest Reserve.

“We curate our listings and handpick tours and activities that fit into our niche of adventure. We are working to get our listings to be more than 500 in total for Malaysia by end of this year,” said Lau, who, besides running his business, also enjoys traveling domestic and internatio­nally.

Adventoro caters to both individual travelers as well as groupssuch­ascompanie­sthatwant to plan a trip for employees.

 ??  ?? Photo shows the Adventoro team at work. Adventoro is a new online platform that aims at helping people from anywhere in the world to discover and book adventure-based tours and activities in Malaysia.
Photo shows the Adventoro team at work. Adventoro is a new online platform that aims at helping people from anywhere in the world to discover and book adventure-based tours and activities in Malaysia.
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Ken Lau

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