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Borneo Post
12-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Borneo Post
Tumbina Festival 2025 records 45,000 visitors
A couple and their children capture one for the album, in front of the brightly-lit Taman Tumbina neon signage. — Photos courtesy of BDA BINTULU (Aug 12): Pesta Tumbina 2025 ended with a bang, having recorded a massive turnout of over 45,000 visitors, far surpassing the organiser's original target of 35,000 to 40,000 people. The four-day event at the scenic Taman Tumbina, which concluded last Sunday, has proven once again that this 'nature-meets-culture' celebration is a must-visit spot in Bintulu. 'This achievement cements Pesta Tumbina's status as an iconic festival for Bintulu,' said Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) deputy chairman Dato Haidar Asghar Khan at the closing ceremony, also thanking all the visitors, participants, exhibitors and volunteers who had made this year's programme 'truly spectacular'. Haidar added that future editions would be promoted even more aggressively through social media campaigns, strategic collaborations and extended publicity beyond this division. 'Plans are already in motion to expand activities including the much-loved Tumbina Night Walk with dazzling creative lighting themes such as Insectopia Jungle, Animal and Forest,' he said in Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) report. The Bintulu Port Authority (BPA), in an effort to make night activities safer and more enjoyable, is piloting a project to install lighting along the jungle-walk route. Visitors pose in front of giant hibiscus replicas at Taman Tumbina Bintulu. 'With proper illumination, our Night Walk can be both safer and more magical,' said BPA acting general manager Capt Zakhir Khan Yusop, adding that the upgrade should reach completion within six months after the launch, with BPA's financial backing. This year's Tumbina Festival was a kaleidoscope of family-friendly fun – with activities ranging from biodrama competitions, colouring contests and bird-singing shows, to children' fashion parades, cosplay, and exhibitions of flora, fauna and handicrafts. It offered a perfect blend of entertainment, education and the wonders of nature. The closing ceremony also included a symbolic handing-over of the BDA and Sarawak flags to Mohamad Daud Ahmad and Awang Mohadir Awang Bujang, who would represent Sarawak at the 39th National Independence Poetry Recitation Contest in Melaka, to be running from Aug 15 to 17. Arts and Culture community festival lead Pesta Tumbina
Borneo Post
12-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Borneo Post
Tumbina Festival 2025 in Bintulu records 45,000 visitors
A couple and their children capture one for the album, in front of the brightly-lit Taman Tumbina neon signage. — Photos courtesy of BDA BINTULU (Aug 12): Pesta Tumbina 2025 ended with a bang, having recorded a massive turnout of over 45,000 visitors, far surpassing the organiser's original target of 35,000 to 40,000 people. The four-day event at the scenic Taman Tumbina, which concluded last Sunday, has proven once again that this 'nature-meets-culture' celebration is a must-visit spot in Bintulu. 'This achievement cements Pesta Tumbina's status as an iconic festival for Bintulu,' said Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) deputy chairman Dato Haidar Asghar Khan at the closing ceremony, also thanking all the visitors, participants, exhibitors and volunteers who had made this year's programme 'truly spectacular'. Haidar added that future editions would be promoted even more aggressively through social media campaigns, strategic collaborations and extended publicity beyond this division. 'Plans are already in motion to expand activities including the much-loved Tumbina Night Walk with dazzling creative lighting themes such as Insectopia Jungle, Animal and Forest,' he said in Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) report. The Bintulu Port Authority (BPA), in an effort to make night activities safer and more enjoyable, is piloting a project to install lighting along the jungle-walk route. Visitors pose in front of giant hibiscus replicas at Taman Tumbina Bintulu. 'With proper illumination, our Night Walk can be both safer and more magical,' said BPA acting general manager Capt Zakhir Khan Yusop, adding that the upgrade should reach completion within six months after the launch, with BPA's financial backing. This year's Tumbina Festival was a kaleidoscope of family-friendly fun – with activities ranging from biodrama competitions, colouring contests and bird-singing shows, to children' fashion parades, cosplay, and exhibitions of flora, fauna and handicrafts. It offered a perfect blend of entertainment, education and the wonders of nature. The closing ceremony also included a symbolic handing-over of the BDA and Sarawak flags to Mohamad Daud Ahmad and Awang Mohadir Awang Bujang, who would represent Sarawak at the 39th National Independence Poetry Recitation Contest in Melaka, to be running from Aug 15 to 17. Arts and Culture community festival lead Pesta Tumbina
