By Rafiq Vayani
KARACHI: Malaysia has recorded 34,773 tourists from Pakistan during January to June 2018, depicting a growth of 29.4 percent as compared to the preceding period.
This was stated by Malaysian Consul General HE Khairul Nazran Abd Rahman during his visit to Tourism Malaysia stall at Pakistan Travel Mart (PTM) 2018 here. He said that he hoped to increase the number of Pakistani tourists to Malaysia further.
He said that the Tourism Malaysia had yet another year of successful participation in PTM 2018. This year Tourism Malaysia was joined by 23 Malaysian organizations as well as Malaysian cultural performers. The performers highlighted the rich culture of Malaysia by performing various Malaysian dances at the Malaysian booth as well as at the main stage.
Moreover, he said that the objective of the participation in this travel mart were to increase the awareness and interest of tourists and travel agents from Pakistan of the exciting potential that Malaysia presented as the preferred travel destination in Asia, to renew Malaysia’s commitment and support for the Pakistani travel industry in their efforts to promote Malaysia, to keep the Pakistani counterparts abreast of recent tourism developments in Malaysia and to establish a wider network of contacts in the Pakistani tourism industry.
During PTM 2018, Tourism Melaka also launched the “Visit Melaka Year 2019” to highlight the latest attractions that they have to offer to the Pakistani tourists. The campaign is set to make historical Melaka top-of-the-mind tourist destinations, encouraging tourists from Pakistan to visit Melaka. In addition, new attractions are also being launched to provide tourists more choices of attractions such as the world-class immersive theatre performance on a 360 degree rotating audience platform.
The Malaysian cultural performers also performed at the PTM 2018 Gala Dinner event at Pearl Continental Hotel on 4 Oct 2018. They will also perform during the Food & Cultural promotion at Beach Luxury Hotel to showcase various Malaysian cuisines as well as diverse cultures of Malaysia from 5th to 8th October 2018. The Food & Culture Promotion until 14th October 2018.
