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T'ganu to stop using women in tourism ad campaign
Published:  Apr 19, 2002 9:33 AM
Updated: Jan 29, 2008 10:21 AM

PAS-ruled Terengganu has decided to stop using women and other "hedonistic influences" in its tourism campaigns, a report said today.

Wan Hassan Mohamad Ramli, state youth, sports, culture and tourism committee chairman, said the new policy was to ensure advertisments did not distort the image of the state.

"The use of women and sex as well as other hedonistic influences are against Islamic guidelines and will be omitted from such promotions and advertisments," he was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper.

Wan Hassan said Terengganu had drawn up its own programme of activities this year to make the state, a destination that offered various choices of activities.

PAS shot to prominance in the 1999 general election when it more than tripled its parliamentary seats from eight to 27. It also kept control of Kelantan state and captured Terengganu.

Tourism money

Tourism has become the second major source of revenue after oil and gas for Terengganu.

"Last year more than 360,000 tourists arrived through the Sultan Mahmud airport compared with 320,000 the year before, an increase of 7.5 percent," Wan Hassan said.

On the whole, 1.39 million tourists visited Terengganu last year, he said.

Since coming to power, the PAS government in Terengganu has abolished bridge tolls, banned gambling joints and limited the sale of alcohol.

Muslims in Malaysia make up slightly more than half of the 23 million population.

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