BRUNEI’S tourism drive is
poised to get a professional outlook as the government is set to grant
tour guide licences to 67 trained individuals which will provide a fresh
impetus to the Sultanate’s efforts to diversify its economy away from
oil and gas, leveraging on the country’s vast natural endowments and
cultural heritage.
It is also a successful
realisation of one of the commitments made by the Ministry of Primary
Resources and Tourism (MPRT) to promote the country to the world and the
licence is a blank gift cheque to Brunei’s educated jobseekers who can
now proudly flash the tour guide title as a respectable entry in their
job profile.
The 67 individuals
completed the basic tourist guide course facilitated by Laksamana
College of Business (LCB) in collaboration with the MPRT, and will soon
be granted tour guide licences by the ministry.
They received their certificates of course
completion from Wardi bin Haji Mohammad Ali, Deputy Permanent Secretary
(Tourism) at the MPRT, in a ceremony held at LCB’s premises in Jalan
Kota Batu yesterday.
The newly accredited tour
guides comprise staff from travel and tourism agencies in the country as
well as LCB’s hospitality and tourism course students.
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