Can Penang Lead the Way in Sustainable Tourism?
By Julia Tan
April 2019 FEATURE
It has been 11 years since George Town was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, and its tourism industry has since then flourished beyond imagination. No longer is the inner city a ghost town come sundown – the streets are alive with activities; shophouses are shiny and business is brisk.Yet, some are questioning: how can we ensure tourism continues to grow, but at the same time not go the way of, say, Venice, where tourists outnumber locals?(Then again, Venice’s...
Julia Tan
is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.
