Malaysia will be pursuing a comprehensive digitalization journey to change its tourism industry with smart tourism initiatives lined up with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0), according to the country’s Prime Minister.   By embracing the entire spectrum of digitalization, Malaysia …

Just when more Malaysians are finding it affordable to fly around the world, the taxes are putting a brake on it with a hefty departure tax coming next month.   Malaysians want to welcome more tourists to their shores, but …

Malaysia is depending on Chinese tourist arrivals because they are going to be one of the largest markets of the country, according to Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who launched the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign logo at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on …

Putrajaya wants 30 million visitors for the year 2020.Malaysia tried to host a concert for a world-class performing artist.       The people who are protesting are just the minority. We should cater to the majority, but they should …

In order to promote holidays in Western Australia (WA) to people in Malaysia as well as in India, China and Japan, the WA State Government, through Tourism Western Australia, has teamed up with AirAsia X.   Tourism Minister Paul Papalia announced the co-operative …

Mathias Gerds has been appointed as a General Manager at Evason Ana Mandara in Nha Trang, Vietnam.     Mathias Gerds has over 20 years of experience in different roles and duties in luxury city and resort properties. Mathias brings …

Malaysia is aiming to find out new potential areas of cooperation that could benefit local firms in the UAE.   Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof said that the ministry shares Putrajaya’s vision to create more local entrepreneurs, …

In Malaysia, tourism means big business.   Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi stated that the tourism sector contributed RM84.1 billion to the national economy last year, going up by 2.4 per cent compared to RM82.2 billion …

Tourist arrivals in Malaysia was flattening in the past few years and the government needs to take corrective measures to reverse this trend, according to Maybank Kim Eng’s regional head of institutional research Wong Chew Hann.   Wong said in …

Kazakhstan is eyeing to attract more tourists from Malaysia. The Republic aims to enhance people-to-people ties between both countries through tourism to enhance the strong bilateral relationships that Malaysia and Kazakhstan had built over the years.   The Representative of …