THE Perlis government plans to make 2023 a Visit Perlis Year as part of the efforts to revive the state’s tourism industry.

Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Asmaiza Ahmad said the matter was still at the proposal stage and would be brought to the executive council meeting soon.

“If it is agreed, it will have a positive impact on the state’s economy and tourism industry,” she said today.

Asmaiza, along with delegates from the Perlis government, was on a one-day working visit to Hatyai to see the potential of attracting tourists from Thailand.

She said the state government planned to hold the launching ceremony of the Visit Perlis Year 2023 at the Padang Besar KTM station.

Asmaiza said the state needed to undertake a number of initiatives to lure more tourists from Hatyai, for even just one night in Perlis.

“The initiatives include enhancing collaboration with industry players from Hatyai,” she said.

Asmaiza said the state government had also drawn up a long-term plan to develop Padang Besar station and its surrounding area, to boost the state’s tourism industry.

She said the state government also planned to implement the Transit Oriented Development project by 2030 in Padang Besar in an effort to upgrade the public transport infrastructure in Perlis. – Bernama, July 17, 2022.