Pantai Kok Di Langkawi Dicadang Jadi Tempat Aktiviti Jet Ski

LANGKAWI, 8 Feb (Bernama) -- Pantai Kok di Langkawi dicadang dijadikan zon khas untuk aktiviti sukan air kerana kawasan ini sesuai untuk kegiatan tersebut, menurut Pengerusi Persatuan Ajen-ajen Pelancongan dan Pengembaraan Malaysia (Matta) Kedah, Pishol Ishak.

Kerajaan Kedah atau pihak berkuasa Langkawi hendaklah mewartakan Pantai Kok untuk kegiatan sukan jet-ski yang kini tertumpu di Pantai Cenang, katanya kepada Bernama di sini.

Beliau juga menyokong saranan Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen supaya kerajaan Pulau Pinang perlu mewujudkan zon khas untuk sukan air di pantai bagi mengelak kejadian kemalangan.

Dr Ng membuat saranan itu berikutan kejadian seorang pelancong warga China, Zhu Li, 47, patah kedua-dua kaki akibat dirempuh sebuah jet-ski di Batu Feringghi, Sabtu lepas.

Pengurus Besar Persatuan Pelayaran Malaysia (MYA) Mohd Afendy Abdullah pula mahu aktiviti sukan air jeti-ski diadakan sekurang-kurangnya 200 meter dari pantai.

Katanya aktiviti jet-ski mengganggu latihan pelayar negara yang menjalani latihan di perairan di hadapan Kompleks Latihan Perahu Layar Kebangsaan Langkawi di Pokok Asam, di sini.

-- BERNAMA

AL :- 

Tak tahulah idea ni elok ke idak. Kalau dari satu segi ok. Tapi Pantai Kok jauh dr tempat & chalet pelancong. Kecualilah lepas ni nak bagi kawasan Pantai Kok mcm jadi Pantai Chenang. Pada saya eloklah tgk balik @ buat guideline utk aktiviti sukan air supaya tragedi seperti haritu x berulang. 

Kerajaan Tubuh Jawatankuasa Bertindak Tangani Masalah Kebersihan

LANGKAWI, 2 Feb (Bernama) -- Kementerian Pelancongan menubuhkan sebuah Jawatankuasa Bertindak untuk menangani masalah kebersihan di pulau Langkawi. Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit berkata jawatankuasa itu dianggotai oleh pelbagai jabatan dan agensi kerajaan seperti Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (Lada), Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi, Pejabat Daerah Langkawi, Tourism Malaysia, Jabatan Alam Sekitar dan Jabatan Laut.

"Jawatankuasa itu akan mengadakan mesyuarat sekurang-kurang sebulan sekali atau mengikut keperluan untuk mendapat maklumbalas, selain itu pemantauan terus dibuat oleh kementerian berkenaan," katanya kepada pemberita di sini Selasa.Beliau berkata langkah kerajaan untuk menswastakan perkhidmatan pengurusan sisa pepejal dan pembersihan awam kepada syarikat Environment Idaman (E-Idaman) mulai semalam adalah satu daripada langkah menangani masalah kebersihan di pulau bebas cukai itu. Sementara itu, beliau berkata kementerian akan memasang lebih banyak papan tanda pelbagai bahasa di tempat tumpuan pelancong bagi memudahkan mereka memahami keadaan sebenar kawasan itu termasuk aspek keselamatan. Selain bahasa Inggeris, papan tanda yang akan dipasang mengikut kehadiran pelancong seperti Jerman, Itali, Jepun dan Arab, katanya.-- BERNAMA

Tahap Kebersihan Langkawi Perlu Diberi Perhatian - James Dawos Mamit

LANGKAWI, 1 Feb (Bernama) -- Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit hari Isnin menggesa pihak yang berkenaan agar memastikan tahap kebersihan di pulau peranginan Langkawi ditingkatkan selaras dengan kedudukan pulau itu sebagai destinasi pelancongan bertaraf dunia.Beliau berkata ini kerana aspek kebersihan menjadi antara aset penting dalam usaha mempromosikan produk pelancongan."Kita yakin dengan beberapa langkah diambil termasuk penswastaan perkhidmatan pengurusan sisa pepejal dan pembersihan awam kepada Environment Idaman (E-Idaman) mulai hari ini, masalah itu dapat diatasi", katanya kepada pemberita selepas melawat Jeti Sungai Kilim Ayer Hangat, di sini.Pada masa sekarang kutipan sampah di pulau peranginan itu adalah sekitar 86 tan metrik setiap hari.Dawos turut meminta agar Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap masalah pembuangan sampah merata-rata di pulau itu.Dawos yang diiringi Anggota Parlimen Langkawi Datuk Paduka Abu Bakar Taib dan bekas Pegawai Daerah Langkawi Datuk Mansor Ismail adalah dalam lawatan pertama beliau ke pulau peranginan itu selepas dilantik sebagai timbalan menteri berkenaan.-- BERNAMA

Ratings for island’s guides

LANGKAWI: The Tourism Ministry will introduce a rating system for tour guides in Langkawi, ranging from “A” to “AAA”.
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said the rating was to create value to the services provided by tour guides.

“For example, when a tourist comes here for four days and wishes to see all the products in the island, he will not hesitate to pay extra money if the tour guide can show him everything he wants to see within the period.

“This is an ‘AAA’ service because the guide is able to entertain the tourist despite the time constraints,” Dr Ng told newsmen after chairing a dialogue with tourism players and government departments here yesterday.

Great service: Dr Ng and Langkawi MP Datuk Paduka Abu Bakar Taib (in pink shirt) posing for a photograph with tourism operators at the Lada Langkawi Complex in Langkawi Saturday. — Bernama

She said the ministry also planned to conduct Niche Tour Guide Apprenticeship Programme in Langkawi to train students who wished to become tour guides.
The programme was aimed at producing a group of tour guides focused on tourism products in Langkawi.
“At the moment, we have two types of tour guides – operating in and outside the city.
“Now we will have a third category, which is Langkawi tour guides specially dedicated to promote tourist products in Langkawi,” she added.

In a related matter, Dr Ng said that the ministry had asked the Langkawi Spa Association to train single mothers to work as therapists at spas on the island.
Dr Ng added that besides providing job opportunities for single mothers, this would also reduce the dependency of spa outlets on foreign masseurs.

“The association will work with the Langkawi Single Mothers Association to identify women who can be trained as therapist.”

The Star

Ng: ‘Offer premier lounges’

LANGKAWI: Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen has proposed that Langkawi ferry operators introduce premier lounges for passengers who wish to travel in extra comfort.
She said this would give passengers a choice on the type of seats they want on the ferries.
“There are ferries in Singapore that provide such special seating for passengers who wish to travel in comfort.

“If such a class is introduced here, I believe that there are passengers, especially tourists, who would not hesitate to spend extra money for such seats,” she said when met after visiting the Kuah Jetty here yesterday.
Accompanying her were Langkawi Development Authority (Lada) general manager Azman Omar and Langkawi MCA division chief Datuk Chen Liau Weng.

Dr Ng said three million people used the ferry services to Langkawi last year.
She also said facilities at the Kuah jetty, including it foodstalls and toilets, could be improved to make them on par with international standards.
“The jetty must have a better image because it is the first place that tourists see when coming to this island by ferry,” she said.
Dr Ng said her ministry would also discuss with the Marine Department and Lada on facilities for elderly visitors at the jetty.
She said some 800,000 international tourists visited the island from January to September last year.

As for Malaysia, she said 23 million tourists visited the country last year with the highest number coming from Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.
Dr Ng said her ministry expected the number to increase this year, especially with three new events being introduced – the 1st Contemporary Art Tourism, International Shoe Festival and the International Floral Parade.

The Star