City Hall Tourism Committee takes ‘Free Walking Tour’ of KK City
KOTA KINABALU: Members of Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) Tourism Committee participated in a ‘Free Walking Tour’ organised by the Sabah Tourism Board (STB) here for foreign and domestic tourists yesterday.
The journey which started from the City Hall building compound was attended by about 30 people led by City Hall Tourism Committee chairperson, Datuk Nancy Ho, along with representatives from Sabah Association Of Tour And Travel Agents (SATTA), Malaysia Handicraft Development Corporation, Sabah Tourism Development, Culture and Environment, Sabah Tourism Institute, Sabah Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, Town and Regional Planning Department, and Sabah Art Gallery.
The two-hour journey started at the Gaya Street where the participants visited and judged the mural paintings made by the participants of the 2K/3D Mural Painting Competition in Kota Kinabalu City for public toilets around Kota Kinabalu City; the 15 ‘bin centres’ around Gaya Street, Atkinson Clock Tower, Segama, Sinsuran, Asia City, the bus terminal around Berjaya Berjaya and Tanjung Lipat.
Cash prizes totaling RM8,500 await the winner of the Mural Painting Competition with the first place winner bringing home RM3,500 together with a certificate .
The group then went through Gaya Street, Atkinson Clock Tower, climbed Segama’s pedestrian overhead bridge to see the local traders selling locally-made handicrafts.
The journey then proceeded to the Sinsuran area and stopped at Kadaiku to see local handicrafts.
Most of the participants of the walk were happy and satisfied with the opportunity to participate in this journey even though they had to walk under the sun.