Project Team: Charlie Lee, Danny Soo, Lim Min Teong, Mario
Wannier, Philip Lesslar and Richard Teo
INTRODUCTION
The geology in and around Miri is extremely interesting and varied.
Out of the geological field work done by Mario Wannier and subsequently by
Mario and myself in developing the multimedia CD this site describes, came
the idea of preserving some of these excellent geological exhibits to help
proliferate the knowledge, understanding, appreciation and enthusiasm for
these rocks and for the environment around us.
CONCEPT Interesting
geological sites in Miri can be utilised for educational purposes and for
tourism.
TARGET GROUP
Students, tourists and the interest public. Students in and around Miri
and other parts of Sarawak will benefit tremendously by learning about
geology, the petroleum industry and how it has/will help to shape the past
and future of Miri and Sarawak. Tourists on transit to Mulu, Niah, Brunei,
Sabah and business trip visitors (Shell, Petronas, contractors) may be
attracted to stay one to two days (or more) in Miri instead of just using
Miri as a transit point to other locations.
PROPOSED SITES There
are numerous interesting geological sites in and around Miri. The
following sites, see Figure 1, are selected based on their geological
contents and its relevance to Miri as an oil town and Resort City 2005.
The sites are prioritised into Phase I and Phase II developments:
Phase I (1999-2000) Canada Hill, Airport Road Outcrop and Tanjong
Lobang Seacliffs.
Phase II (2000-2001) Entulang Outcrop, Ngebol Mud Volcanoes and
Tanjong Tusan Seacliffs.
Canada Hill, Miri Outcrop Museum Site 1
Airport Road Outcrop, Miri Outcrop Museum Site 2
Tanjong Lobang, Miri Outcrop Museum Site 3
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON TOURISM
INDUSTRY IN MIRI
Potential positive impacts of the proposed Outcrop Museum concept on
the tourism industry in Miri are:
Additional attractions for the globally increasing eco-tourism industry.
These attractions provide important information to augment understanding
of the world class national parks of Mulu, Niah and Lambir.
This opportunity will help create a demand for better-trained and
knowledgeable tour guides. This is in turn will benefit the state tourism
industry in the long term.
More tourists and longer stays.
It represents an aggressive and positive step towards realising the vision
of Miri Resort City 2005.
This concept, if implemented successfully, can be used as model for the
development of other geological sites in the state/country for eco-tourism
purposes. The following is a set of slides that give an overview of the
project.
SLIDES FROM OUR ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL
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If you have any questions regarding this proposal and its progress,
please contact me at: lesslar@pc.jaring.my
