The Penang City Council has been acknowledged for its achievements once more, having won the esteemed ASEAN Clean Tourist City Award for the fourth year running, from 2024 to 2026. This victory comes after victories for the years 2018–2020, 2020–2022, and 2022–2024.

At the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024, which took place in Vientiane, Laos from January 22 to 27, senior assistant environmental health officer Taufik Junik and city council member Tan Soo Siang accepted the award, according to a Facebook post made by the city council on January 27.

"This triumph demonstrates the Penang Island City Council's dedication to realizing the Penang State Government's vision of 'Penang2030: A Smart, Green State Driven by a Robust Economy,' which aims to make Penang a comfortable, eco-friendly, and intelligent state.

"This success is also the result of continuous collaboration and cooperation with stakeholders, non-governmental organizations, associations, communities, and all the people of Penang who share the same goal of making cleanliness on the Pearl of the Orient renowned worldwide in the tourism aspect," the council wrote in its post.