ArtsBorneo segues back into international music groove
Sarawak returns to the arts limelight after COVID-19 lockdowns
Organizers of this year's edition of the Borneo Jazz Festival hope to broaden the event's appeal by inviting such performers as Switzerland-based DJ Estephe, pictured, and local hip-hop artists. (Courtesy of Borneo Jazz Festival)
MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer
KUCHING, Malaysia -- In the years before COVID-19 halted tourism in 2020, Malaysia attracted tens of thousands of local and international visitors to a series of arts, music and literary festivals that established the country as one of Southeast Asia's most vibrant creative hubs.