Here’s some food for thought regarding cultural tourism. I have always insisted on visiting cultural and heritage sites on my travels however there seems to be mounting debate on whether governmental conservation efforts for tourism may actually contradict the cultural essence of the destination. In the journal article Heritage Tourism: The contradictions betweenContinue Reading

Nothing invigorates and refreshes you more than leaving behind the familiar. Although we were only on a 4D3N road trip to next door Malaysia, I had a lot of time to think about matters during our cultural experience in Malacca and shopping and eating therapy in Kuala Lumpur. Perhaps it was dueContinue Reading

11.12.09 Stay at the Boulevard Hotel in KL On our way out of Malacca back to the NS highway, I had initially suggested going to Alor Gajah which is a town further north on the highway since we are heading to KL instead of trekking back to Ayer Keroh. ButContinue Reading

With Joel in toll and Benjamin in my tummy, I went on family getaway with my brother, his wife to be and my mother to Malaysia. We left home about 11pm and reached Malacca at 2.30pm. From the North South highway we exited Ayer Keroh and spent about 30min goingContinue Reading

I was at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library for the past two days and am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of books available on topics covering all aspects of tourism. I pulled out a book called Tourism: Principles, Practices and Philosophies by J. R. Brent Ritchie and Charles R. Goeldner, 11th edition published in 2009.Continue Reading

I realised the books I was reading are written by Americans. Perhaps in their laissez-faire economy where everyone can liberally fight for their rights and with millions more population, starting a business and becoming successful in it wasn’t so hard.  Things are different in Singapore. I haven’t thought to register my business until the website tookContinue Reading

p>Next on the alphabetical list, we introduce a town called Ba (pronounce uhm-BAH as sometimes spelled as Mba). Ba is an agricultural service town on NW Viti Levu, the largest and most important of the 333 over islands of Fiji. It is populated mostly by Indo-Fijians which makes it aContinue Reading