Sarawak, 12th January: Looking for some good news, Business Events Sarawak (BE Sarawak) reported that Sarawak has secured a total of 109 future business events and these events are expected to generate an estimated economic impact of RM 365 million (US$87.2 million) and create more than 28,000 new job opportunities. According to BE Sarawak, the secured events will welcome more than 43,000 delegates and generate direct delegate expenditure of RM 193.7 million (US$46.3 million).

Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Sarawak’s newly-appointed minister of tourism, said, “Business events are playing an increasingly important role in developing Sarawak as an economically prosperous, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable destination by 2030. The sector’s involvement in achieving the Sarawak Government’s Post Covid-19 Development Goals is centred around delivering and optimising knowledge, innovation, and partnerships from business events.”