Ensure tourist spots are clean
It is Visit Malaysia Year again. Business operators and tour agencies, here, have been wooing tourists with numerous packages featuring irresistible discounts.
Johor is now known worldwide, thanks to the state's aggressive development plans, particularly the Iskandar Malaysia project.
Even people in remote places of the world know where Johor is, thanks to the Internet and the state's football teams.
The big names in Johor Darul Ta'zim's list of football players include Argentinian international footballers Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa and Pablo Aimar. Football always makes the world news.
Besides football, other names that have made the state widely known are Legoland, Johor Premium Outlets, Hello-Kitty and Thomas the Think Tank Engine and Friends, Lat's Place restaurant and the world-renowned Traders Hotel.
Since it is Visit Malaysia Year 2014, more foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flood the state, which is also famed for its natural attractions such as Endau-Rompin National Park and the southernmost tip of mainland Asia at Tanjung Piai.
Houses of worships, namely Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar, Glass Temple, Arulmigu Rajamariamman Temple, and Johor Baru's oldest Chinese temple which is known as the Old Chinese Temple, are also places touted as "must visit" on the state Tourism Department website, and highly recommended by travel bloggers.
Johor is also known for its food and shopping. However, some facilities at these tourist spots are not properly maintained.
For instance, rubbish is strewn along Jalan Ungku Puan, where the magnificent Rajamariamman temple is located.
There is a stench when it rains as most of the drains are stagnant and filled with rubbish.
An electrical cable is jutting out of the pavement in front of a recently refurbished shopping complex, which is the perfect recipe for a tragedy to happen.
It is easy to blame visitors and traders for not disposing of their rubbish properly, or the municipal council and Southern Waste Management's appointed cleaners for not carrying out their duties and responsibilities. But, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. What is important is that our state's image should not be tarnished.
The authorities should clean up their act and punish the culprits so that visitors will enjoy a pleasant and memorable stay in Johor.
Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar is one of the most beautiful buildings in Johor Baru.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
It is Visit Malaysia Year again. Business operators and tour agencies, here, have been wooing tourists with numerous packages featuring irresistible discounts.
Johor is now known worldwide, thanks to the state's aggressive development plans, particularly the Iskandar Malaysia project.
Even people in remote places of the world know where Johor is, thanks to the Internet and the state's football teams.
The big names in Johor Darul Ta'zim's list of football players include Argentinian international footballers Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa and Pablo Aimar. Football always makes the world news.
Besides football, other names that have made the state widely known are Legoland, Johor Premium Outlets, Hello-Kitty and Thomas the Think Tank Engine and Friends, Lat's Place restaurant and the world-renowned Traders Hotel.
Since it is Visit Malaysia Year 2014, more foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flood the state, which is also famed for its natural attractions such as Endau-Rompin National Park and the southernmost tip of mainland Asia at Tanjung Piai.
Houses of worships, namely Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar, Glass Temple, Arulmigu Rajamariamman Temple, and Johor Baru's oldest Chinese temple which is known as the Old Chinese Temple, are also places touted as "must visit" on the state Tourism Department website, and highly recommended by travel bloggers.
Johor is also known for its food and shopping. However, some facilities at these tourist spots are not properly maintained.
For instance, rubbish is strewn along Jalan Ungku Puan, where the magnificent Rajamariamman temple is located.
There is a stench when it rains as most of the drains are stagnant and filled with rubbish.
An electrical cable is jutting out of the pavement in front of a recently refurbished shopping complex, which is the perfect recipe for a tragedy to happen.
It is easy to blame visitors and traders for not disposing of their rubbish properly, or the municipal council and Southern Waste Management's appointed cleaners for not carrying out their duties and responsibilities. But, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. What is important is that our state's image should not be tarnished.
The authorities should clean up their act and punish the culprits so that visitors will enjoy a pleasant and memorable stay in Johor.
Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar is one of the most beautiful buildings in Johor Baru.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
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