Virtual PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2021 Zipevent
Virtual PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2021

Speaker

Robert Basiuk Zipevent

Robert Basiuk

COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BORNEO ADVENTURE AND COFOUNDER,  THE RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL

Robert Basiuk has a background in environmental science and first came to Sarawak in 1983 to work as a biologist with the Sarawak National Parks and Wildlife Office. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of Borneo Adventure, an in-bound travel company based in Kuching established with Philip Yong in 1987. Borneo Adventure has a 30-year collaboration with communities in Batang Ai, Sarawak that has been recognized as a model for community-based tourism. During his time as Deputy CEO with the Sarawak Tourism Board, he was instrumental in conceptualizing and initiating the Rainforest World Music Festival. He has also provided consultancy services for national park management planning, community tourism development and environmental management planning throughout South-east Asia. A keen outdoorsman, his pastimes include mountain biking, trail running, SCUBA diving, skiing and hiking.

 

 

Experiences that Inspire - The Rainforest World Music Festival

26 November 2021 | 09:00 - 09:30 | Conference Room

The Rainforest World Music Festival is an annual three-day music festival celebrating the diversity of world music, held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with daytime music workshops, cultural displays, craft displays, food stalls, and main-stage evening concerts. The festival features a wide range of performances from traditional music, to world fusion and contemporary world music. During this session, we will sit down with Datu Aloysius Dris, one of the pioneers of the Rainforest World Music Festival, and Robert Basiuk, who helped co-found the event, to learn more about the founding of one of the most awaited musical festivals that Sarawak proudly hosts each year.