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Malaysia – Asia’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination

Malaysia – Asia’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination

It is official, Malaysia has won an award for being Asia’s leading Sports Tourism Destination for 2011. The country was awarded the World Travel Award for that category during a regional ceremony for Asia and Australasia in Bangkok recently.

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Terengganu To Attract Tourists With ‘Comel’

Terengganu To Attract Tourists With ‘Comel’

While the title might give readers an impression that Terengganu is about to do something cute and cuddly, the simple truth is that Comel is an acronym for the state’s major tourist activities, the Candat Sotong Festival, the Monsoon Cup, the Endurance Challenge and Leisure.

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Terengganu Geared For Further Growth

Terengganu Geared For Further Growth

Terengganu is geared for further economic development with the establishment of Kuala Terengganu City Centre (KTCC) under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) programme. KTCC will generate investments worth RM3.9 billion, of which RM3.5 billion will be from the private sector.

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Malaysia News

Media Practitioners Help To Promote Monsoon Cup Championship

Media practitioners can inadvertently help promote the tourism sector in Terengganu with their coverage of the six-day Monsoon Cup championship, beginning Nov 30. Realising this, the state tourism office has invited about 50 domestic and foreign practitioners from the print and electronic media to cover the event in Pulau Duyong here.

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Malaysia News

Monsoon Cup Gets The Royal Touch

Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, His Royal Highness Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Almarhum Al-Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billal Shah, will make a return to sailing when the Coronation Cup is held at the five-star Ri-Yaz Heritage Marina Resort and Spa on Nov 30. The Coronation Cup (formerly known as the Terengganu Cup) was last organised [...]

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Malaysia News

Terengganu Targets Four Million Tourists This Year

Terengganu aims to attract four million tourists to the state this year, from only 3.3 million tourists last year. State Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Zaabar Mohd Adib expressed confidence of achieving the target with the world economy improving and the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic having eased.

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Malaysia News

Monsoon Cup A Boon For Terengganu

The Monsoon Cup, which is synonymous with Pulau Duyong here, has succeeded in establishing Terengganu as among the most prestigious locations for sailing in the world.

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