Calling all photography and videography enthusiasts: Tourism Malaysia has just launched an international diving photography and video contest.
Held in conjunction with the Malaysia International Dive Exhibition, the competition is called “Dive Into The Unimaginable – Unfold Your Story” and is open to everyone, from now until Aug 25. Participants stand a chance to win diving packages in Malaysia worth RM50,000.
All you need to do is submit recent – nothing before 2019 – pictures or videos that were taken at any of Malaysia’s many diving locations. These high resolution images and videos must include stunning marine life and coral reefs, and need to be shot using either action cameras or DSLR.
Participation is based on an individual basis, with a maximum of three entries allowed for submission in each category.
Datuk Dr Ammar Abd Ghapar, director-general of Tourism Malaysia, said in a statement: “From muck diving to wreck diving, Malaysia’s tropical islands offer rewarding world-class diving experiences with popular sites attracting both seasoned and budding divers and marine life aficionados.
“Our Sipadan Island in Sabah, for example, is often listed as one of the top diving destinations globally and has many dive points to venture into, with some of the notable marine protected areas, including Barracuda Point.” Barracuda Point is well-known for its large schools of barracuda fish, forming what is popularly known as the “barracuda tornado” – which makes for a spectacular sight for underwater photography.
For more information or to check the rules and regulations, head to the contest page on the Tourism Malaysia website.
Meanwhile, Tourism Selangor is also currently running a competition, though it is only open to Malaysians. The agency recently launched the third Tourism Selangor Pitching Competition with the theme “Sustainable Tourism”. This means that the pitches submitted would need to focus on, or feature the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, including including gender equality, economic growth, climate action, sustainable cities and communities, and quality education.
The pitches are meant to help boost the state’s tourism industry – with the goal of making Selangor the preferred destination of domestic tourists – and must be presented in either Bahasa Malaysia or English.
All proposals must be submitted by July 2. As many as 15 winning entries will be chosen; a total of RM150,000 in project grants will be distributed to the winners. The pitching competition will provide opportunities to tourism industry players, non-governmental organisations, local community hosts, higher educational institutions and others to revitalise Selangor’s domestic tourism sustainably and boost the country’s tourism industry.
The project has two categories: individual and group (not more than four people per group). For more information, visit Selangor.Travel or any of Tourism Selangor’s social media pages.