Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Program Promosi Pelancongan Desa Karnival Pelancongan Desa Wilayah Kejora, Zon Sedili, Johor.





In collaboration of : Tourism Johor and Majlis Pelancongan Malaysia : 22-24 Disember 2017




It was just 3 days before Christmas, I was lucky enough to be an invited media participant, by again the MTC, to get a taste of what life has to offer in the countryside through a road trip. The journey from KL started in Matic where I am very familiar of the surrounding being an ex-deejay in the radio matic fm, located in the compound of matic itself. Our first stop on the road trip was the huge dairy farm in Bandar Muazam Shah, our very local, 'Fresh Farm' . The farm is as picturesque as I could imagine.

I love the livestock especially the cute newborns. The best thing, I won number 1 in reviewing contest by the Fresh Farm. The dairy products, including cultured yogurt drinks, spicy cheese and fresh milk itself are very good, in fact, better than imported products. From the visit onwards I will insist Fresh Farm products in local stores and supermarkets.

We reached Sedili, at our resort, Kampung Belukar Durian that we were staying for 2 nights quite late. Nevertheless, we enjoyed great cultural performances including the traditional kuda kepang and zapin while having great dinner. We went for an amazing boat ride the next day, surprisingly ala wetland safari. We stopped at a horseshoe crab farm and have a taste of the crab-like belangkas meat and eggs. Not bad, I like it but not too liberal on the cholesterol.



The next day we enjoyed the beach, fishermen museum in Tanjung Balau and headed home. The wetlands and countryside experiences will last in my memory as they are unforgettable. It's something unique yet beautiful. My deepest gratitude to Malaysia Tourism Council

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Road to agrotourism part 2




Most things that lured me to places I visited all around the world were surprisingly trees, fruits, farms, and especially foods the locals are offering. What can I say is “buildings and architectures” are attractive features of places but not as strong for me to journey the foreign lands as farms and farm products. I remember being attracted to the strawberries in Germany, enough for me to fly there. “Apple” kept my curiosity too high to have a look at the actual trees in New Zealand. The cheese from a dairy farm in Amsterdam made me salivating to see the places.

With agriculture comes cultural development, hence you can see people having festivals during winemaking in vineyards even our local rice harvesting festival is very rich in culture. I guess I am not the only person in the world with the strange fetish for agritourism. agritourism includes a wide variety of activities, including buying produce direct from a farm stand, navigating a corn maze, slopping hogs, picking fruit, feeding animals, or staying at a bed and breakfast (B&B) on a farm. People have become more interested in how their food is produced. They want to meet farmers and processors and talk with them about what goes into food production.

The 'Road to agro-tourism' part 2 (of 12 parts) - 12 to 14 December 2017.

I was privileged to be selected by Malaysia Tourism Council as a media to promote 'Road to agro-tourism' program part 2 on all expenses paid trip, even though I missed the first part which was held in the southern peninsula.

The road trip started from Mardi headquarters in Serdang and officiated by Mr. Uzaidi Udanis. We left to Mardi Kuala Kangsar that morning. They have 100 hectares of fruit plantation of which 50 hectares are durian alone in Mardi Kuala Kangsar. If durian is out of season don't worry, theirs can be harvested until February and start again in July. That’s almost all year round.


The taste, if 'the best' is too much for superlative, please punish me. Thick flesh, small seed.....better than any expensive one in the market. And the fruit plantation is picturesque. They are offering RM50 per person of durian and other fruits buffet (inclusive of lunch too) per person. That day we were served baung tempoyak, sambal tempoyak etc.. There "goes" my diet, I think I gained weight. We overnight in the beautiful resort in Kuala Kangsar overlooking the famous river, 'Sayong Resort', before we left for Cameron Highland the next day.

In Cameron Highland, we went to see a vineyard (my first in Malaysia). I was surprised as we can produce high-quality grape selling RM60 per kilo in the supermarket. We enjoyed Mardi beautiful vegetable and tea plantations. Last hours of the trip was spent in a gorgeous chocolate factory in Cheras Harriston Signature. The chocolate factory is iconic to Malaysian tour operators as it is a must visit and actually an attraction by itself.

The 3 days trip was truly enjoyable and an eye-opener for me. I managed to sell Mardi’s Kuala Kangsar Durian tour to my clients in my tour agents circle of network and the prospect is very high as inquiries as far as China kept calling. With this, I like to thank MTC and also Mardi for sponsoring the beautiful trip.
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