Tourism Perak offers modern tourist facilities to complement the State's many natural, cultural and historical attractions. International chain hotels and many locally - owned establishments can be found in town centres as well as at holiday resorts. There are also hill and island resorts, beaches, lakes, hot springs, waterfalls, limestone caves and forests to be enjoyed. By road, Ipoh is only 205km from Kuala Lumpur and 165km from Penang. Bus services to Medan Kidd in Ipoh are from Kuala Lumpur and Butterworth.
Taxis are also freely available.
Year 2000 is being promoted as Visit Perak Year. A full list of contacts is available from the British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, under Trade Partners UK arrangments.