A recent article in a local newspaper highlighted an ongoing heritage preservation project in Kuala Lumpur. The event organised was the painting of a mural on an old building in Jalan Sultan by over 50 artists. The heritage preservation project, known as Preserve Our Heritage, is being led by The Star newspaper and began around [...]
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Tourism Is Big Money
A recent article mentioned a rather interesting estimated sales target – RM500,000 worth of sales in 3 days. The product? Travel packages. Malaysia does seem to generate a lot of revenue from the travel and tourism sector, and there is no doubt that it forms a significant part of the nation’s economy. That is why [...]
Snow – Malaysia’s Newest Attraction?
Just in case you missed it, it seems that you can now experience snow right here in Malaysia! According to a news report by Bernama, snow is now available at Snowalk at i-City, Shah Alam. The facility is a 4,645 square metre Arctic ‘edutainment’ attraction centre in Shah Alam, with temperatures of 5 degrees below [...]
100- Storey Tower Will Be A Catalyst For Tourism Growth – Yen Yen
he Tourism Ministry welcomed the proposal to construct a 100-storey tower as announced in the 2011 Budget by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Parliament yesterday.
Malaysian Government Intensifies Efforts To Attract High-spending, Long-Stay Tourists
The government will intensify efforts towards maintaining Malaysia among the top 10 tourist destinations, particularly focusing on attracting a larger share of high-spending and long-stay tourists.
Flower, Orchid Trails To Be Developed As Tourism Product For Sabah
Tourism Malaysia is working with Sabah Tourism Board (STB) to push and start developing flower trails in Sabah as the next major tourism product, where exotic orchids here will play a major part.
Kedah Provides Various Incentives To Woo Tourists To Langkawi
Various incentives are provided by the Kedah government to woo tourists to Langkawi and make the legendary island a major destination for tourists in the state.
Time Out wins prestigious international award
Time Out has been named as The International Consumer Magazine of the Year 2010 by the Periodical Publisher’s Association (PPA) at the annual awards ceremony in London last week.
Kunak’s Salt Water Hot Spring Draw Tourists
If there is any mention regarding a hot spring, then one may think it is something common as there are many such locations spread over the country. Among the hot spring areas in Sabah is the spot in Ranau that has been drawing thousands of visitors monthly.
Malaysia Targets Middle East
A recent news article stated that Malaysia will intensively promote shoes in the Middle East to attract more Arab tourists. This is not surprising as anyone who has walked along Bukit Bintang this decade would be able to tell you that there are a large number of Middle East tourists in Malaysia. The Middle East [...]
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