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Swiss-Belhotel Kuantan Roomtober Fest: Seafront Rooms From RM163 if You Book by 31 October
Swiss-Belhotel Kuantan is selling stays up to 7 February 2027 at a discount if you book on its own website by 31 October. We priced it on 4 October: a Studio City View was RM163 a night on the 20% prepaid rate, against RM204 on the flexible rate. The headline says up to 35%, but the deepest cut we found was 20%.
Mesra Mall Kemasik, October 2026: Free Health Checks to 10 Oct, Mesra Run Race Day, and Secret Recipe's RM16.90 Weekday Lunch
Mesra Mall in Kemasik, Terengganu has one mall-wide event in October 2026 and it ends this weekend. Mesra Run 2.0, its Hari Sukan Negara fun run with the state youth and sports department (JBSNT), closed registration on 30 September and runs 5km and 10km on Saturday 10 October from 6:30am; kits are collected at the mall's Sport Lobby until 6pm on 9 October. Free walk-in blood pressure, BMI and glucose checks with Klinik Kesihatan Kemaman and Hospital Kemaman run 12pm to 5pm to 10 October. The mall's 1 October drop added a Secret Recipe weekday lunch set from RM16.90 and TMC dinner sets tagged RM20 to RM30. The next drop is due 15 October. The RM350 Merdeka T-shirt ended on 8 September.
8 Things to Do in Kuantan 2026 — Every Ticket Price the City Council Publishes, and the Three Stops That Are Shut Right Now
Most Kuantan itineraries are copied from each other, and most of them still send you to attractions that are currently closed. Majlis Bandaraya Kuantan runs its own tourism portal listing hours, distances and ticket prices for every stop in the district, and read carefully it says two useful things nobody repeats. First, the Sungai Lembing mine tunnel, Bukit Panorama and the Cherating Turtle Sanctuary are all listed as closed for maintenance — three of the town's postcard stops, gone from the plan. Second, the prices are not what aggregators quote: Menara Kuantan 188's own ticketing site charges a Malaysian adult RM13 for the Observation Deck from Monday to Thursday but RM23 from Friday to Sunday and on public and school holidays, against RM38 for an international visitor on any day; the Sungai Lembing museum is RM2 with children free, Gua Charas is RM2, and the state's royal weaving complex is free. The strangest number sits at Jeti Shahbandar, where two river cruises leave from the same jetty at RM99 and RM18 a head. Here is the arithmetic, the drive times, and the eight stops that are actually open.
8 Family-Friendly Things to Do in Kuantan, Pahang (2026)
From Teluk Cempedak's white sand to a hybrid dino-zoo and a jungle waterfall, here's how to keep the kids happy on a Kuantan weekend — with real prices and opening details.