Realising the Potential of “Green-Quarry EduTourism”
By Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Hazizan bin Mohd Hashim
June 2022 VOICES OF USM
INITIATED IN 2018 as a collaboration between Universiti Sains Malaysia’s School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering and FYS Marketing, a granite quarry stone operator in Bukit Mertajam, “Green-Quarry EduTourism” takes advantage of Penang’s standing as one of the most popular tourist spots in Malaysia to promote quarries as a vibrant and unique tourism product. One might not naturally think about it this way, but conceived as an edutourism and geotourism product, quarries are places where people can observe and...
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Hazizan bin Mohd Hashim
is from the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
