DATUK Seri Dr Victor Wee – Malaysia’s former Tourism Ministry secretary-general and the man who played an instrumental role in setting up the Cabinet committee on tourism and Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) One Stop Centre – is back to doing what he knows and loves best: tourism and culture.
The avid photographer, whose eyes light up when he speaks of his favourite destination, the Tibetan Plateau, is now a professor at Taylor’s University. He joined the university’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts last year, after serving as Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board chairman.
Having run the successful Visit Malaysia 2007 campaign, he led the Tourism Laboratory under the Economic Transformation Programme to formulate the 2010-2020 tourism industry roadmap and is now taking young Malaysians “beyond the books” by sharing his years of experience.
The former Finance Ministry advisor, Economic Planning Unit senior director, and National Economic Action Council deputy head talks to Sunday Star about the boom in digital tourism and explains why travel agencies must venture beyond the traditional brick and mortar set-ups to survive.
The avid photographer, whose eyes light up when he speaks of his favourite destination, the Tibetan Plateau, is now a professor at Taylor’s University. He joined the university’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts last year, after serving as Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board chairman.
Having run the successful Visit Malaysia 2007 campaign, he led the Tourism Laboratory under the Economic Transformation Programme to formulate the 2010-2020 tourism industry roadmap and is now taking young Malaysians “beyond the books” by sharing his years of experience.
The former Finance Ministry advisor, Economic Planning Unit senior director, and National Economic Action Council deputy head talks to Sunday Star about the boom in digital tourism and explains why travel agencies must venture beyond the traditional brick and mortar set-ups to survive.