Tenom: The local Hakka community here is jumping on the tourism bandwagon to promote Tenom as a destination for those interested in Hakka cuisine and culture.
On Sunday, the community gathered at a newly established Hakka farmstay at Kampung Lagud to share some of their delicacies with the Sabah Tourism Board team led by chairman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai (pictured).
The farmstay initiated by local entrepreneur Lawrence Wong is a new community tourism product and a first step forward in the process of empowering the Hakka community there.
Kampung Lagud is home to about 30 Hakka families, all are farmers with an eye toward turning their area into Lagud Hakka Cultural and Farms Village.
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