I AM ZADE: What's with JOHOR (Part 1)

I'm sure you all know what 'Tourism' is, yes? It's an industry that deals with leisure and interesting places where you can go for your vacation. Do you know what 'Business Tourism' is? In most places, Business Tourism is meant for tourists who would come into the country to attend meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, etc.

But I am promoting another side of Business Tourism...which is a tourism for the business people by itself. In this case, I am acting as a 'Tourist Guide' for the business people, especially foreign companies or entities when they want to relocate or expand their existing business; or when they want to set up a new business within this region; by providing them with a guided tour of the industrial areas - virtually as well as physically.

My company is called JBiz Management. And currently, I'm focusing on JOHOR (Excuse me, JOHO with an R ya..). Where is Johor, you might want to know. Well...Johor is the second largest state in West Malaysia and is located on the southern part of the peninsular, neighbouring to Singapore. There are a total of 10 districts in Johor with Johor Bahru district as the capital.

What's with Johor, anyway? Some people might look at Johor as a location inferior to the bustling and developed Singapore. To the business people, this is most likely. Hence you'd find most businesses carry out their operations here to take advantage of the lower cost, compared to Singapore; and yet they'd prefer to live in the Lion City. But...actually Johor has more to offer than the comparative costs.

I could summarise JOHOR as a place where you can 'work, live and play' all at the same time. Here are some interesting points:

1. Industrial Areas

There are a total of 28 industrial areas in Johor. These industrial areas housed most of the renowned manufacturers of textiles, furnitures, paper products and also food-based products. Of course all of these products are exported overseas. Do you know that the Nike t-shirts are made here in Johor? The t-shirts sold in Sears & Roebuck, the furnitures sold in Walmart, US and the cocoa-based products sold to the branded chocolate producers around the world...And now Johor is moving towards some new industry clusters with the likes of bio-technology, nano-technology & oil & gas. So there are a lot of potentials for the businesses to grow here; for big-scale, medium & smaller scale.

2. Residential Area

In Johor, you would find residential areas catered for the high-class as well as middle-class. If you prefer to live in a high-security and lavish high-class residence, you might find Ledang Heights and Leisure Farm appealing. You would find banglow lots ranging from RM700k - RM4mil here. The middle-class areas aren't too bad either. There are gated and secured residential areas. Property developers like Setia Properties, Bukit Indah Residences, Nusajaya, Horizon Hill provide you with a wide array of choices.

Leisure Farm Resort

Ledang Heights, Nusajaya

Setia Eco Park

3. Nature

To me, this is the best part. Even though with its vast plains of flat land, Johor still has some hidden beauty inside the patches of its jungle. And because it is located at the tip of the peninsular, Johor boasts the longest beach in Malaysia that stretches up to 400km from the East to the West side of the State.