Monday May 19, 2008
New landmark for Malacca
Visitors can get a 360- degree view of the entire city centre. MALACCA: The 110m Taming Sari viewing tower is set to become the state’s latest tourist landmark and is expected to attract more than half a million visitors annually.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the RM23mil tower had so far attracted 37,000 visitors since its soft launch on April 18.
Bird’s eye view: The 110m tall Taming Sari tower is the newest tourist attraction in Malacca. “Based on these figures, we expect to attract more than 500,000 visitors annually. With ticket charges at RM10 per person, this will translate into a revenue of RM5 mil,” he said on Saturday night in his speech at the opening of the viewing tower.
At present, he added that between 600 and 700 visitors visited the tower daily, with the numbers increasing to 2,800 during weekends and 3,500 per day during holidays.
The gyro-viewing tower, with rides lasting seven minutes, was constructed using Swiss technology and is billed as the highest from the estimated 35 viewing towers worldwide.
Plans were also under way to reconstruct part of the Portuguese A' Famosa Fort, Dutch Middleburg structures and remnants dating to the Malacca 15th Century Sultanate era, which were discovered during the construction of the tower at its initial site next to the Malacca River.
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