MY IVORY BOOK FARHANIS

MY IVORY BOOK

CREATED BY NUR FARHANIS BINTI ABDUL HAFIZ
6 ATAS SENI

SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN SULTAN
AHMAD

GENTING HIGHLAND

GENTING HIGHLAND’S BACKGROUND

• Genting Highland is a hill station located on the peak of
Mount Ulu Kali in Malaysia at 1,800 meters elevation.

• Large portion of the area is located in the state of
Pahang.

• Another small portion is location in the state of
Selangor.

• It was established by the late Chinese businessman, Lim
Goh Tong in 1965.

• The primary tourist attraction is Resort World Genting.
• A hill resort where casinos and theme parks are situated

and gambling is allowed.
• Genting Highland is a cool hill station set admist the

cool mountain air a majestic 100 million year old
rainforest.

• The idea of hill a resort was chanced upon by late

Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong admist the crisp air of
Cameron Highlands in 1964.

• Tan Sri Lim was then working on a hydro-electric

power project at the popular hill resort,
patronized mostly by British colonials seeking
cool refuge from the tropical heat, when he
foresaw a prosperous Malaysia of the future
desiring a cool mountain holiday resort within the
each of all Malaysians.

MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF GENTING HIGHLAND

AWANA SKYWAY VENUS 1
2
3 JUPITER CHIN SWEE
4 CAVESTEMPLE
5
BUTTERFLY MARS
WONDERLAND
GENTING
GENTING STRAWBERRY
LEISURE FARM
SATURN

20TH CENTURY

FOX WORLD NEPTUNE
GENTING

WAYS TO GO TO GENTING HIGHLAND

BY CAR BY CABLE CAR BY BUS

Takes a little over an hour to Genting Highlands are accessible Buses travel daily to Genting
reach Genting Highlands via one cable car services, Highlands, operating between
namely Awana Skyway. The
without traffic, so we highly 07:30 and 21:00. The most
recommend starting your latter serves as the main method popular route starts from KL
journey early to avoid getting of transportation here, so the Sentral Station, with buses
stuck in traffic (which can add former operates during busy departing on an hourly basis while
over two hours to your time seasons such as weekends, other stations depart every two
public and school holidays. hours or longer. Tickets can be
of arrival). The steep Awana Skyway takes about 10 purchased at the lower ground
mountain road towards the minutes from Awana Station to floor of the transport hub, with
SkyAvenue Station one-way fares (inclusive of a cable
top is also notoriously car ride) priced at RM 12.30 per
winding, so be cautious if it’s •F•eeGS:tlaanssdadrodoRr Mgo8n/dpoelrason adult and RM11.30 per child.
Depending on the ticket, the bus
your first time driving to RM50/person takes passengers directly to the
Genting. top of Genting Highlands or

Awana Skyway

PICTURE OF RESORT WORLD GENTING (THEME PARK)

“I had fallen head over heels with
this virgin wilderness and vowed to
transform it to my dream resort”

—TAN SRI LIM GOH TONG