MANAGING partner of Borneo Escapade Tours, Malvin Marcus, and Patricia Kitingan (left) from Sabah meeting up with Christine Volpert (right), a tour and travel agent from Germany who expressed her desire to have long-term collaboration with Borneo Escapade, at the just-concluded ITB Berlin 2024.
“Volpert wants to expand her current market (Sumatera, Indonesia) to Borneo.
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“Indonesia and Borneo have similarities in terms of cultures and traditions.
"Therefore, she is interested in our community-based Jo tourism (CoBT) which combines sightseeing and socio-economic contributions through active participation in community projects,” said Marcus who was aggressively promoting rural tourism and CoBT at the world’s largest travel trade show.
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