Agrotourism helps generate economic income to Sabah

Sabah Agricultural Park

Agrotourism has a huge prospect  in generating economic income to Sabah. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry has made many efforts to further increase its development for the benefit of the tourism sector overall.

Sabah Agricultural Park

National Productivity Corporation (NPC) director Burhanuddin Saidin said that the Ministry through its departments and agencies has developed various agrotourism products such as Sabah Agriculture Park, Tagal System, Weston Wetland Park and Keningau Livestock Farm. The other agricultural activities such as mushroom industry in Mesilau, goat rearing in Papar and bee farming in Matunggong which have already been developed as part of agrotourism packages. He also added through the Ministry efforts in promoting agrotourism, they managed to change the people’s perception that agriculture is no longer a sector for the poor or uneducated, but open to all with the promise of economic profits. Strategies in developing and promoting agrotourism can be learned from several countries like Japan, Taiwan, Holland and Thailand.