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Our speaker – Datuk Tan Kok Liang holds a Masters in Tourism from University of Toulouse, France and a Chartered Accountant by training, started his career in the travel industry with a leading tour operator based in Sabah in 1990. He was the Senior Manager prior to his promotion as Head, Business Operations in 2003.Tan Kok Liang is also a Certified Hotel Administrator.
In 2010, he started in the building of an eco- lodge in Sukau, Kinabatangan which commenced operations in February 2011. The eco-lodge known as Borneo Nature Lodge was awarded Certificate of Excellence, 2013 2014 , 2015, 2016,2017 and 2018 by Trip Advisor for excellence service ratings by travellers which is in the top- performing 10% of all businesses worldwide.
In addition to his vast travel industry experience he has held other positions in the industry which include key positions in The Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA), Chairman Sabah Chapter (2010-2014), Vice President, Inbound (2014-2017) and currently President, MATTA Malaysia (2017-2019, Re-elected 2019-2021 ). He has served as Board member in Sabah Tourism Board from 2009-2012, 2014-2018 and reappointed 2020- 2023.
As MATTA president, Tan has instituted several key initiatives to further drive inbound tourism to Malaysia such as setting up the Malaysia-based on-line booking engine to ensure members’ business interests are protected and initiating aggressive overseas promotions to China, India, UK, Europe and ASEAN. During this pandemic which subsequently led to the closing of the border, Tan has been lobbying the Malaysian government to reassess for gradual easing of the border to international tourists and initiating recovery measures such as boosting domestic tourism as well as advising government on financial stimulus packages and extension of loan moratorium specifically for the tour and travel industry.
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