Tuba Island to be turned into travel hotspot

Tuba Island to be turned into travel hotspot

The Rural Development Ministry intends to turn Tuba Island here into one of the rural tourism destinations for the northern states.

For a start, it would focus on upgrading projects in Desa Keda Teluk Berembang with an allocation of RM2mil to develop the infrastructure there, said its minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun.

“We want to paint the houses around here in bright colours to make them more colourful and livelier, and of course we want to help increase the income of residents, ” she said.

She said that some sectors could be developed for tourism.

“We will start at Kampung Teluk Berembang first and then we will extend to the whole of Tuba Island, ” she told reporters after a working visit to the island yesterday.

Rina said there were a number of tourism products on the island, including sea products that could be used to make handicraft apart from keropok lekor and fish farming.

There are nearly 5,000 residents from seven villages living on Tuba Island, which is located about 5km from the Kuah jetty.A total of 40 houses in Desa Keda Teluk Berembang are involved in the Colourful House project. — Bernama