In an arcane West Malaysian district, two secluded resorts show the poignant impact travellers can have on both the destination’s surrounding environment and the communities they visit.
TANJONG JARA RESORT
“THIS IS OUR first tree. It’s simple but it’s symbolic,” Qarl, the resident naturalist of Tanjong Jara Resort, remarked as he trudged ahead of me, gesturing towards a haphazard mangrove tree rooted in a small river running under the wooden bridge we were crossing on. Three peacocks, oblivious to our presence, lazed under the nearby shade of lofty palm trees. “It’s called Dungun, the name of this district itself.”
I was in the middle of Tanjong Jara Resort. The coastal retreat is perched on the northern tip of the fishing port of Dungun, in Terengganu, on peninsular (West) Malaysia’s east coast. Verdant and expansive, it sits on 17 hectares of grounds along the crescent of a quiet, golden sand beach. Tanjong Jara was formerly a 17th-century residential compound for the
AS THE EARTH continues to crumble in favour of environment-taxing modernity, the global collective is increasingly pitching in with efforts to de-accelerate the inevitable destruction of Mother Nature. In this age of rising eco-consciousness, the notion of “sustainable travel” has gained traction within the tourism sphere.
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