Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said that Malaysia should seek opportunities by promoting “voluntourism” which is a way to get tourists to come to the country when there are disasters or floods.
“If you know it is coming, then start planning now. Maybe we can have voluntary tourism where people come to the country to help us with the floods, and it is not about them coming here just to enjoy but for them to also learn,” he said to Sinar Harian’s English portal.
The Padang Rengas MP said this could be a silver lining while the country was facing economic challenges by attracting foreign tourists to join volunteer programmes during natural disasters. “When our currency falls, it’s time for us to promote tourism for the country because it is cheap for them. The Singaporeans will come because they spend only one-third of their salary, and to them, our five or six star hotels are just so cheap,” Nazri added. LOL.
