On Being an Eco-Tourist Guide and Wannabe Eco-Terrorist in Sarawak

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.25.1.2026.4275

Keywords:

eco-tourist, eco-terrorist, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, wildlife, dystopian

Abstract

In the not-too-distant future, a young woman learns to be an eco-tourist guide in a tamed Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. Under the guise of a light-hearted, even humorous voice, she guides 22nd century tourists in a familiar and yet not-familiar Kuching, with its tropical dystopian versions of the famous Cultural Village, Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, and Bako National Park. But what starts out as an idyllic tropical eco-tour holiday turns into the chaos of an eco-terrorist attack, the objective of which is to free caged wildlife, including bearded pigs, silver langurs, and proboscis monkeys.

Author Biography

Christina Yin, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus

Christina Yin is a writer, poet, and Senior Lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus. Her PhD, Creative Nonfiction: True Stories of People involved in Fifty Years of Conservation of the Orang-utan in Sarawak, Malaysia is the culmination of her two passions: creative writing and conservation. A former broadcast journalist and television news anchor, Christina lives in Kuching, Sarawak where she also hosts a weekly radio program, interviewing various guests, sharing true stories, and talking about learning and practising English in Malaysian Borneo.

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2026-03-04

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Yin, C. (2026). On Being an Eco-Tourist Guide and Wannabe Eco-Terrorist in Sarawak. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 25(1), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.25.1.2026.4275

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2026): Tourisms’ Tristes Tropiques: Literary Travels

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Dystopian Fiction and Travelogues

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