KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia's first and only upside-down house has become a tourist attraction in Sabah.
Hardly
six weeks after it was opened to the public, and according to its
operator Trekkers Lodge, the unique house on the foothills of Mount
Kinabalu has attracted more than 3,000 visitors.
The Malaysia Book of Records has confirmed the house is one of its kind in the country.
Everything from its roof to its floor, including a Kancil parked in the garage, is upside down.
Reverse psychology: Masidi (right) touring the upside-down house with Yee (second from right).
The
house was built at a cost of RM500,000 in Tamparuli by entrepreneur
Alexander Yee, who operates a tourist lodge in Sabah's east coast Sukau.
“Local
and foreign tourists are curious about the house and have been
streaming to our place since we opened (on Feb 1),” said Yee during the
offical opening of the upside-down house by state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun on Friday night.
Describing the 140sq m house as a dream come true, Yee said the house was a mix of ethnic Sino-dusun and Dusun style.
He
said it was furnished with various native arts and crafts apart from
the everyday household items like refrigerator and sofa sets and all
were upside down.
Creative concept: The upside-down house and its surroundings.
Masidi,
in congratulating Yee for his unique idea, said such an idea was
important for the continuous growth of Sabah's vibrant tourism industry.
“Creative
ideas need to be part of the tourism industry; not all who come to
Sabah prefer to see our wildlife or islands, at times they are also here
to see something different. We need to do something different to
succeed,” he added.
Yee said he had an environmental message in
building the house it was a reminder to protect the environment or the
world would become upside down.
The upside-down house of Borneo
is probably the only one in South-East Asia, though there are more then a
dozen houses and buildings built with the upside down concept across
the globe, including in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.
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