Kundasang Cabbage Festival targets over 20,000 visitors
KOTA KINABALU (July 30): The 25th Kundasang Cabbage Festival is projected to attract over 20,000 visitors to Ranau district.
This confidence was expressed by the festival's organising committee chairman, Datuk Japiril Suhaimin, following the recent announcement of an additional public holiday on September 15 by the Prime Minister.
'The Cabbage Festival will take place at Kundasang Cultural Stage, within the Kundasang Town premises, from September 13 to 16.
'Based on past years' experience, we see 15,000 to 20,000 visitors over four days. This time, with the extra holiday, I expect even more attendees,' he stated.
He explained that the festival will feature awards for successful farmers in agriculture and tourism, alongside exhibitions of vegetables grown in Kundasang.
Japiril disclosed to the media after paying a courtesy visit to the Head of State of Sabah, Tun Musa Aman, at Seri Kinabalu Palace on Wednesday.
He noted that the visit aimed to extend a formal invitation to Tun Musa to officiate the festival's opening ceremony.
The Cabbage Festival, held since 1997, was previously included in Sabah's tourism calendar before being suspended for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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