Published on : Wednesday, January 13, 2021
On Tuesday, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah gave his consent to declare a state of emergency in the country in order to stop the COVID-19 outbreak after the latest surge in the coronavirus cases. It was …
Published on : Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Malaysia has launched a 10-year plan to restart its battered tourism sector, which is estimated to have lost more than 100 billion ringgit ($24.61 billion) this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Southeast Asian country had initially targeted 30 …
Published on : Monday, September 7, 2020
Mint Leong, the Deputy President of Malaysia Inbound Tourism, entered her office to experience an unusual occurrence for a Sunday. She turned on her laptop to log into the official website of China International Fair for Trade in Services, the …
Published on : Thursday, April 23, 2020
The Malaysian island of Penang has decided to form a special ‘Tourism Penang Next Normal Task Force’ with the aim of collecting the opinions of stakeholders in the tourism industry to formulate strategies that ensure the viability of the sector. …
Published on : Friday, March 20, 2020
The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry of Malaysia has cancelled the ongoing Visit Malaysia Year 2020 (VMY2020) campaign due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said that the VMY2020 campaign was cancelled due to the impact of …
Published on : Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Players related to the tourism sector have been requested to try their hands on experiential tourism as it has the capacity to attract more tourists and generate long-term revenue for the country. Tourism Malaysia Director-General, Datuk Musa Yusof explained …
Published on : Friday, February 21, 2020
MalaysiaThis year, Malaysia expects to meet its target of a record 30 million tourists by redirecting its marketing efforts towards local and other markets as arrivals from coronavirus-hit China decline, a tourism official said on Wednesday. The epidemic comes …
Published on : Thursday, January 2, 2020
Malaysia has kicked off the year with the launch of Visit Malaysia 2020 (VM2020) campaign to attract 30 million visitors to its shores amid a challenging economic outlook this year. The tourism drive is expected to give a boost to …
Published on : Thursday, November 28, 2019
Malaysia saw positive growth in the tourism sector in the first half of this year, boosted by stronger international tourist arrivals. The international tourist arrivals stood at 20,109,203 tourists between January and September, an increase of 3.7 per cent, compared …
Published on : Wednesday, October 16, 2019
To quote Sulaiman Bin Suip, the Director of Tourism Malaysia in New Delhi, “It is indeed a great opportunity to associate with EaseMyTrip with an aim to boost tourism in an unexplored destination like Sabah through popular TV actress Adaa …
Published on : Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Malaysia’s tourism is showing positive trends in research and travel data released by leading tourism organizations. It stands on top in the Global Muslim Travel Index 2018 released by Crescent Rating. Euromonitor International named Kuala Lumpur as one of …
Published on : Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Malaysia Tourism expects to witness more than 7,00,000 visitors from India this year. In the first six months this year, Malaysia has witnessed a growth of 15.2% in Indian tourists visiting Malaysia. Malaysia is aiming to attract Indian tourist …
Published on : Friday, August 2, 2019
Last month at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Tun Mahathor Mohamad had officially launched the logo of the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign. Several recognsiable icons of Malaysia like the hornbill, the bunga …
Published on : Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Chinese tourists who have been the prime driver in terms of growth across Southeast Asia in the last decade will carry on supporting Malaysia’s tourism growth, says a Malaysian research house. Maybank Kim Eng explains in a report published …
Published on : Saturday, May 11, 2019
Despite reduced tourist arrivals, Malaysia recorded higher tourism receipts worth RM84.1 billion in 2018, an increase of two per cent from 2017. According to Maybank Investment Bank Bhd Reseach (Maybank IB Research), the 2018 tourism receipts per capita also …
Published on : Monday, March 19, 2018
By 2020, Malaysia is quite sure of doubling its revenue related to medical tourism; aiming an estimated 90 million couples in China who are preparing t give birth to their second child. In October 2015, after China introduced its …
Published on : Wednesday, November 15, 2017
For Chinese tourists, small towns across Malaysia will be endorsed as new attractions. Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the Deputy Prime Minister explained that Tourism Malaysia will initiate the plan to further expand the tourism sector of the country. …
Published on : Saturday, July 15, 2017
Malaysia has become second home to over 33,000 foreigners from 126 countries, Bernama News quoted the country’s Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz as saying. These foreigners have settled in the country under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) …
Published on : Wednesday, July 5, 2017
The Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan (MTTP) aims to attract 36 million foreign visitors and earn at least RM168 billion tourism receipts annually by 2020. Last year, there were 26,757,392 visitors, which contributed RM82.1 billion to the country’s revenue. Visitors …
Published on : Friday, June 30, 2017
The annulment of trips by 3,000 Chinese travelers to Malaysia made the tourism department of the country quite concerned. It was reported that it happened due to a new tax the country is all geared up to impose on tourists. …
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