Is Penang’s tourism on the right track?
By Andrea Filmer
October 2015 COVER STORY
Attracting visitors while preserving the often fragile and unique heritage of a place is never easy, but it is a challenge that must be faced.The messages started flying on social media in early July. The word was that some 4,000 tourists from China were arriving for a company holiday in Penang – a victory for the state’s tourism industry.The messages listed popular attractions that the visitors would visit, along with warnings to steer clear of certain roads on certain days....
Andrea Filmer
is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.
