Malaysia opens gates for tourism
A roadshow was conducted at Radisson Blu to promote tourism in Malaysia and encourage many visitors to visit this beautiful place
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Travel goers can travel to many places like KualaLumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Johor and Kota Kinabalu, Malacca, Ipoh and many more places in Malaysia. The country has 14 States and each State is unique for its wonderful attractions
Hyderabad: Malaysia has opened gates for tourism wherein all the enthusiasts can visit Malaysia to experience the beautiful sights and infrastructure, especially the well-known Petronas Towers, which is the highest visited place in the country. With a view to attracting more people, Malaysia has decided to recommence tourism visits from April 1, 2022, marking the end of travelling restriction into the country.
Leveraging this new development, Tourism Malaysia embarked on its first roadshow to six major cities in India from April 18 to 30. The roadshows are being held in the cities of Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangaloreand Chennai.
Supporting the mission of promoting tourism in Malaysia, the Manoharan Periasamy, Senior Director of International Promotion Division (Asia & Africa), heads this mission along with Malaysia's tourism fraternity which consists of three Malaysia-based airlines, 22 travel agents, four hoteliers and four product owners.
"Travel goers can travel to many places like KualaLumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Johor and Kota Kinabalu, Malacca, Ipoh and many more places in Malaysia. The country has 14 States and each State is unique for its wonderful attractions," said Manoharan Periasamy.
Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board,also known as Tourism Malaysia, is an agency under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia. It focuses on the specific task of promoting Malaysia as a preferred tourism destination and since its inception, it emerged as a major player in the international tourism scene.
India has been one of the top market sources for Malaysia and contributed 735,309 arrivals in 2019. Apart from its objective to instilconfidence among Indians, the roadshow provided a platform for the industry community to bounce back and steerthe tourism sector back to its former glory. "This is the right time to be back in India and planning for this roadshow is a good opportunity."
The tourism package for travelling to Malaysia is very interesting as they are customised as well as ready packages which makes planning easy for tourists.
Those who want to visit this beautiful place can look out for several places of tourist interest at www.malaysia.travel.
"We are thrilled and enthusiastic to welcome Indian travellers back on exciting, new value-driven and action-packed itineraries. There is so much to explore after two years, especially with the newly opened outdoor theme park, Genting SkyWorld, the refurbished Sunway Resort in Kuala Lumpur, Desaru Coast, Malaysia's Beach Paradiseand the magnificent Merdeka 118, the world's second tallest building. I am sure these new attractions along with ourexhilarating mountains and jungles with a plethora of activities will make your trip a memorable one," Manoharan said. "We are mainly focussed on providing attractions which are suitable for all ages to enjoy," added Manoharan.
Asked about how much revenue is generated from travel and tourism in Malaysia, Manoharan said, "Tourism is important source of revenue generation for Malaysia and has been always in the top 3 GDP contributors. In 2019 it has been 86.1 billion ringgit and in 2020 it was 12.7 billion ringgit."
He said that Malaysia is unique with multi-ethnic and cultural aspects which is a great attraction to visit at any time, without any cultural diversification.
About the safety measures a tourist must take after the pandemic broke out, Razaidi Abd Rahim, the Director of Tourism Malaysia (South India and SriLanka) said, "Since the reopening of its borders, India is on the top four arrivals to Malaysia.
