Malaysian Tourism Facebook Pages Spark Revolt

Malaysian Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen is facing a revolt -- on Facebook, and over Facebook.

Malaysian Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen is facing a revolt — on Facebook, and over Facebook.

The Malaysian Insider reported that what started out as a social media campaign by some users who were critical of the ministry spending $593,000 (1.8 million ringgits) to manage its Facebook accounts mushroomed into protest page Curi-curi Wang Malaysia, tallying nearly 105,000 fans at the time of this post.

For comparison’s sake, the ministry’s official Facebook page, Tourism Malaysia, had less than 38,000 fans.

According to The Malaysian Insider, Deputy Tourism Minister James Dawos Mamit said in Parliament that $578,038 was spent to develop six Facebook pages to promote Malaysia’s tourism — $96,545 on each of the following six pages: Cuti-Cuti 1 Malaysia, Citrawarna 1Malaysia, Karnival Jualan Mega 1 Malaysia, Festival Pelancongan Seni Kontemporari 1 Malaysia, Kempen 1 Malaysia Bersih, and Fabulous Food 1 Malaysia.

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