Brunei Gears Up for Tourist Influx

Silver Wind. – PHOTO COURTESY OF SILVERSEA CRUISES


Brunei gears up for tourist influx
Posted date: January 05, 2015

| Achong Tanjong |

BRUNEI tourism industry has been seeing a big influx of tourists coming via cruise ships and in a span of eight days the numbers are going to swell by over a thousand.

Some 1,280 tourists will arrive on two cruise ships – Silver Wind on January 7, 2015 and Crystal Cruise on January 12, 2015 – carrying 390 and 890 passengers respectively.

Both cruise ships will dock at Muara Port. The cruise ship Silver Wind will arrive on January 7, the stopover being part of an 11-day cruise from Singapore to Bali.

The cruise ships are brought to Brunei by Freme Travel Services as the shipping agency.

While in the Sultanate, the passengers will go on a city tour and sightseeing around the capital as well as visit other places of interest.

The arrival of tourists on cruise ships boosts business in the tourism sector. Luxury buses are chartered to transport the tourists to various places of interest in the capital.

Transport, food & beverage sectors and tour companies as well as other related businesses stand to gain from such visits.

Statistics show that in 2013 the number of cruise vessels, passengers and crew arrivals at Muara Port stood at 25 ships with 26,865 passengers and 16,351 crews compared to 19 ships with 19,913 passengers and 7,989 crews in 2012.

The Ports Department, Ministry of Communications has lauded the services of these cruise liners in choosing Muara Port to be one of their ports of call, resulting in the increase in the number of tourists coming to the country.

The department will continue to work closely with the Brunei Tourism Board to conduct joint marketing and promotion including issuing printed promotional materials, maps, informational brochures and others such as upgrading facilities and signage in order to attract more foreigners in the region and around the world to visit the Sultanate.

The Ports Department will also continue its efforts in negotiating with cruise owners and shipping agents to attract more cruise vessels to make frequent calls at Muara Port without losing sight on the importance of maritime safety and security aspects.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Brunei Royal Wedding 2015: Profile of Royal Bride Dayangku Raabi'atul Adawiyyah

Image
DAYANGKU RAABI'ATUL ADAWIYYAH BINTI PENGIRAN HAJI BOLKIAH Yang Mulia Dayangku Raabi'atul `Adawiyyah binti Pengiran Haji Bolkiah was born on the 27th October 1992. She is the second child of Pengiran Haji Bolkiah bin Pengiran Haji Jaluddin bin Pengiran Haji Tajuddin with Pengiran Hajah Noor'aismah binti Pengiran Haji Ismail bin Pengiran Haji Tengah. Her eldest brother, Awangku Abd. 'Aziz Hafizuddin bin Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, works at the Royal Brunei Airlines. Her other siblings are Awangku Mohd Ainul Yaqien; Dayangku Noor Batuul 'Afiqah; Dayangku Izzatul `Afifah; Dayangku Duratul Majeedah; Dayangku Nur Hidayatul Maheerah; Awangku Mohd Zainul ‘Ariffin; Awangku Mohd Irfan Hakeem; and Awangku Mohd Izzul Yamin @ Abdul Razeeq. (Note: Direct descendants of the Brunei Sultans carry the hereditary title of Pengiran. However as children and young adults, they are normally styled Awangku (for male) and Dayangku (for female) until they marry, when the title conver
Read more

Family Titles in Brunei

Image
On my recent blog on Brunei's Time Line , one commentator got carried away and she started to talk about events in the past before moving on to nicknames. I enjoyed what she wrote and I offered for her to write a whole blog about it and I will put it up. But up to now, I have not received anything from her. So, Hajah Yati, if you are reading, my offer still stands. And for the rest of you readers out there, if you don't have your own blogsite, I am most ready to offer my site for the occassional blogs that you want to write - just make sure the blogs are Brunei related. You can set up your own blogsite once you feel comfortable. As someone later on commented, it will be nice to read someone else's blogs too on this website. At least on this one, you get an instant 300+ readers a day. So, please, my e-mail is admin@bruneiresources.com. Do write. I don't have much on nicknames to write on as suggested by Hajah Yati. I remembered when I was at school (primary), I have fri
Read more

Pulau Cermin - Brunei's Historic Island

Image
Since I was already on the water visiting the Jong Batu at one end of the Brunei River, I thought I might as well go to the other end and visit the other historical site of Brunei, Pulau Cermin. Pulau Cermin as many Brunei historians know it is the site of the temporary palace of Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin, the 13th Sultan of Brunei and is the site of the only civil war in Brunei History. Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin took the throne after assasinating Sultan Muhammad Ali. It was quite a bloody time in Brunei history and I remembered one classic book written by Yura Halim entitled "Mahkota Berdarah" regarding the episode. Pulau Cermin - view from the River In a nutshell, Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin was the Bendahara when his son was killed by the son of Sultan Muhammad Ali. He requested that his son's death be avenged but Sultan Muhammad Ali denied him. So Bendahara Abdul Mubin went amok killing a few people at the palace and with his followers took the Sultan and killed him (No
Read more