00:00Come in 3, 2, 1
00:06The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture through Tourism Malaysia
00:09continues to recognise scuba diving as a high-value niche tourism segment.
00:15It is an industry that attracts quality travellers,
00:18visitors who stay longer, spend more and appreciate nature-based experiences.
00:25Through strategic initiatives, MOTEC has continuously promoted Malaysia's underwater attractions
00:31in key international markets, supported dive travel campaigns
00:35and collaborated with industry stakeholders to elevate standards in safety, training and responsible tourism practices.
00:45Ladies and gentlemen, let's move to the challenges to the dive industry tourism
00:53which we might think about the West Asia problems that we are encountering right now.
00:59But for MOTEC, the main challenges for dive industry tourism actually is on the health of our marine biodiversities
01:08that affects corals breaching.
01:10National Oceanic and Administrative Administration, NOAA, stated that between January 2023 and September 2025,
01:19about 84.4% were corals under bleaching level heat stress.
01:27Dan apa yang lebih membimbangkan kita adalah
01:30di Malaysia, 2020-2024, 90% terompok karang di Malaysia dilakukan mengalami perluturan
01:38semasa kemenjak musim perluturan.
01:42Implikasinya adalah mudah.
01:44Tanpa terompok karang yang sihat, tidak akan wujud industri selang scuba bertaraf dunia.
01:49Dan tanpa pengurusan yang bertanggungjawab, tidak akan ada ekonomi pelancongan marine yang mampat.
01:57Inilah sebabnya mengapa kita mesti melangkah lebih jauh daripada sekadar menjual destinasi,
02:02kita mesti mula mengurus ekosistem.
02:05Satu lagi yang saya nak sebut adalah tentang profesionalisme.
02:08Masa depan sektor selang scuba tidak boleh dibina atas memperumi dalam aspek keselamatan,
02:14diawayan, kualiti latihan maupun integriti.
02:17Malaysia telah mewartakan diawayan kebangsaan utama yang berkaitan
02:21dengan latihan penyelam, rekreasi dan latihan pengajar selang scuba di bawah siri MSISO 24801 dan MSISO 24802.
02:32Pada masa yang sama, motik akan terus mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap masa tanpa lesen dan salah guna lesen pelancongan.
02:40Langkah-langkah ini adalah untuk memastikan pertumbuhan tersebut kekal mampat profesional
02:46dan dipercaya diberikan datang bangsa.
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