Great food and sights - tourism potential in Sibu?
Sibu Lanang Bridge
I was bringing a friend around town. He was in town for a few days. I brought him to Wisma Sanyan. I showed him the sights. I boasted to him about the beauty of Sibu. How it had the potential to be a great tourist attraction.
Dutifully I dropped him at his hotel three hours later. He offered me lunch as a thank you gesture. Nothing of my tour registered on him. It was just another town. Wisma Sanyan was just another mall. The food I treated him to the previous day at Fat Mum was ok. It was ‘interesting’ he commented politely but said service was a little bit slow. Reasonable comment…. I just smiled.
He asked me if I wanted his comment on Sibu. I asked him , ” What? ” Guess his reply. The folks at the Sibu inner city must be fed up with the poor drainage system and yet Sibu people must be among the richest people in Malaysia. You remember Lanang Bridge? It is so short. We went up the Lanang Bridge. Before I knew it we were already paying toll of Rm3.00 for your car. Every body else was paying. The people there… they pay the toll every single day? ”
Sibu a future major tourist destination? All that registered was the sinking of houses at the Sibu inner city and one thing else. Sibu people must be the richest people in the country because they dutifully pay the daily toll.
It struck my mind, ” Do they have any other viable alternatives? The government took away the regular ferry when the bridge was opened 
.
What are the attractions in Sibu? Sightseeing…nope, they’ve got nicer places elsewhere. Sg Merah town would have been a good one…but they’ve transformed it so it has lost its authentic rustic charm (like Singapore e.g. Bugis Street).
Maybe one of the nearby longhouses…or somebody’s fruit orchard (Bintangor oranges or durian orchard)?
The food can be an attraction - cheap and nice but you need to know the places. Fat Mom’s?…I think I’ll pass!
Shopping! It’s cheap here…but not for people into branded stuff and high class things!
The people can be an attraction, all the nice, friendly, interesting people…like suituapui! LOL!!!
hope ur mum is feeling better
I am a Mirian but the truth is I am also a Sibuan(betul ka?) The last time, saya hanya singgah kejap ja kat town. Sedihnya tak sempat pegi jalan-jalan bandar kelahiran. I want one day to round2 Sibu with someone who know. Maybe you?
Really got kids mandi longkang!
She’s ok, pretty much the same, thank u! Now where did that come from? U certainly know A LOT about me, don’t u?
i haven’t use that toll yet.. ever. ha ha. but in cny, the population will be twice as normal..isn’t that something to look forward to?
yalor sibu ppl so lich thats why the gomen is milking sibu dry!
Beng, ‘jalan-kaki’ free of charge
Professor Milton Friedman said it more than 40 years ago and it is getting more and more relevant now: There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Sibu’s tourism potentials lie in culture, nature and adventure. These are our heritage and with adequate publicity and development, they are our crowd pullers.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. But do we have to eat at a 3 star restaurant every single day at a price set up in a monopoly style of market pressure?
Arent we supposed to get something for our taxes other than to be left alone by the government? Look all around the country.
There are bridges and other infrastructure in barely populated areas and not charging a single sen in payment and except for the Miri Brunei bridge which is a bridge which functions as an international link name me one bridge which is as expensive in Sarawak or in Malaysia per unit km
Have an opportunity to visit China and Korea to broaden our view on systems of toll. There toll-roads and toll-bridges are aplenty.