Thursday, September 24, 2015

11th Borneo International Kite Festival (Pt.1)

Location : Old Bintulu Airport
Date taken : 24 Sept'15
Visitor to the festival
playing kite at the sideline.
This year is the 11th time the Borneo International Kite Festival is held at Bintulu.  The festival is becoming a major domestic tourism product that attracts vast crowds of local tourists or visitors  from surrounding regions especially the divisions of Sibu, Miri, Mukah and even Brunei.  As a destination marketing event the festival have over the years brought in international kite flyers from faraway countries like Brazil, France, Japan and many other foreign nationals.  The festival has placed Bintulu on the world map of kite flying destinations.  This year the festival is stretched over 5 days starting from the 23rd of September.
Kite flyers from Japan playing the 'wasp' kites
23 Sept'15

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