MCYS Permanent Secretary Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid (C), YAM Pengiran Muda Omar Ali (L), Curator of Natural History and Manager of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park and Director of Museums Department Bantong Antaran (R) looking at the map of the park during the launching of Pangkalan Bungsu Jetty yesterday. Picture: BT/Hj Md Ali
Sunday, December 12, 2010
EFFORTS to lure tourists to Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park, the largest black water lake in Brunei, is still a challengedue to its inadequate infrastructure and public facilities.
To resolve the problem, the Brunei Museums Department with the help of Public Works Department has build jetties called Pangkalan Bungsu, to provide easy access for tourists to go to the lake and back.
The facility was launched yesterday by Permanent Secretary of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar.
Present at the event was Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Muda Omar Ali, Curator of Natural History, who is also is also the manager of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park and Acting Deputy Director of Museums Department cum Curator of Archaeology Pg Dr Karim Pg Hj Osman.
"With this new jetty, it is expected that number of tourists from both domestic and foreign to the heritage park will be increased," said Director of Museums Department Bantong Antaran.
Bantong said that the management of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park was currently reviewing the project on providing more boats with the Local Consultative Council of Merimbun.
The project is part of the continuation of eco-tourism project to increase the number of tourists to Tasek Merimbun.
Tourists can take a tour around the lakes for 30 to 75 minutes which will cost them $30 to $60.
A 1,000-meter walkway was also built that connects the jetty to the multi-purpose hall known as Balai Purun. On each sides of the walkway, people can enjoy various flora.
Bantong said that to attract the tourists to visit the park was uneasy as there were other recreational parks in the country, besides other contender recreational parks abroad.
"I encourage the people to visit Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park to enjoy the beauty and uniqueness of the park which was declared as one of the Asean National Heritage Sites on November 29, 1984. The park is suitable for the family," he said.
Penghulu of Mukim Rambai, Khairul Nurul Arsyad said that the improvement of infrastructure in the area is needed.
"For example the roads, accommodation and places to eat," Khairul told The Brunei Times.
Besides, he added, the involvement of the community surrounding was also important to help increasing the number of the tourists.
He said that the community could help in term sof giving information about the place.
He said that currently about 20 tourists have visited the Park weekly.
"With the launching of the jetty, it is hoped that more tourists will be visiting the park," Khairul said.
Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park, which is some 70 km from the capital, has a total area of 7,800 hectares, is managed under the Brunei Museums Department, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.
courtesy of--The Brunei Times
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