For the past 2 weeks, a very old friend of mine, Mark Lay, from New Zealand has been visiting Ipoh. Through his enthusiasm I have come to the realizations that if we are to save Ipoh we need to seriously promote our little town to the world.
10 Years ago Salma Khoo the author of many Heritage books of our country, arranged for distribution of more than 20,000 of "A guide to Heritage Sites and Buildings of Ipoh" (which she together with her husband created) free of charge to everyone.......
Ipoh has a lot of rich heritage and very beautiful buildings which to a small extent promote through small dramas and movies filmed in our little town. We really need a lot more such activities in our town besides tourism, which sadly is very absent in our little town.
Heritage tourism is one of the very few ways left to keep our little town alive.
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