A group of historians and tour guides have called for local interest in military history tourism to be developed, along with better maintenance of war relics and sites.

This was said at a panel in Kuala Lumpur yesterday discussing the preservation of war historical sites and the promotion of military history tourism in Malaysia.

One panellist, battlefield guide Zafrani Arifin said that such tourism could help highlight the importance of Malaysia in global wars such as World War II...