Gastronomy one way to attract tourists — Mayor

MIRI: Gastronomy experience has proven to be a way to attract tourists to a place, thus food and beverage industry players here should offer more variety of local cuisines that represent Miri and its colourful culture.

Mayor Adam Yii, who was one of the invited guests to the Miri Chefs Association’s Chinese New Year dinner gathering on Monday at a restaurant here, has suggested that good food would be an ideal attraction for Miri and it needs the creativity and cooperation from the industry players to make it happen.

“Food tourism has become a trend among travellers, whereby it is composed of activities that provide experiences of consumption and appreciation of food and beverages.

“Miri, I believe, has a lot to offer in terms of the diversity of food with the value of history and culture that evolve around it.

“More importantly, it is an opportunity for the local players to showcase the best part of Miri and their culinary skills,” said Yii.

Keeping their premises hygienic and clean should be made priority at all times to give a good impression to customers and tourists, Yii stressed.

“Besides enjoying good food, customers would prefer clean

Food tourism has become a trend among travellers, whereby it is composed of activities that provide experiences of consumption and appreciation of food and beverages.

Adam Yii

premises over dirty ones. It would be good to put in extra effort to keep your premises clean at all times,” he said.

Also attending the dinner gathering were Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew, the association’s chairman Yong Wan Khiong and the event’s organising chairman Law Ngeok Fong as well as members of the association.

After the opening ceremony, Ting and Yii were joined on stage by the committee members to present education incentive to members’ children who excelled in their studies and distributed angpows to senior members.