New Delhi, 26 September 2019 – Tourism
Malaysia and Wedding Affair have jointly organised MALAYSIA WEDDING CONCLAVE in
New Delhi today. The event aims at highlighting the unparalleled potential of
Malaysia on the wedding destination map. Among the attendees were High
Commissioner of Malaysia to India, H.E. Dato’
Hidayat Abdul Hamid, Tourism Malaysia New Delhi Director, Sulaiman
Bin Suip and Editor-In-Chief Wedding Affair Rajnish Rathi.
The exclusive event was attended by the
leading wedding planners from North India. A B2B session was organised for the
wedding planners to interact with selected representatives from Malaysian
hotels, resorts and airlines. The soiree witnessed an enthralling performance
by a 20-member cultural troupe from Malaysia. The troupe was sponsored by the Sarawak
Tourism, Arts & Culture Ministry to showcase enticing
Malaysian dance forms and traditional musical instruments.
“There is no other culture that celebrates
weddings like the Indians do! There are millions of wedding events take place
in this market annually. This sector has experienced a tremendous growth as
almost everyone desires to elevate the scale of their special celebration.
Here, Malaysia offers a huge potential as a wedding destination. As the tagline
rightly states, “Love in India, Marry in Malaysia”, the
wedding conclave showcases Malaysia as a perfect wedding destination with many
magnificent hotels and resorts. Being in the heart of ASEAN brings many
advantages to Malaysia. It is a melting pot of cultures brought in from the
colonial era. These foreign cultures have been accepted and adopted by the
local people. Elements from these rich cultures can be incorporated in an
Indian wedding in Malaysia to make the celebration even more exciting,” said H.E. Dato’
Hidayat Abdul Hamid.
He added, “Malaysia is a value-for-money
destination. For example, the Langkawi Island – a duty-free island, offers
cheaper rates of beverages compared with the mainland. At the same time, the
room rates are quite affordable in the island. Besides, there are plenty of
beautiful venues with state-of-the-art facilities that can make the wedding a
memorable experience. Gorgeous beaches, cities, highland and million-year-old
rainforests can lend a perfect backdrop to your big-day. Being a multi-ethnic
society, a couple can even get married in traditional costumes of the Kadazan,
Iban, Malays, etc.”
“This indeed gives us immense pleasure and honour to work
with Tourism Malaysia in organising this event and to promote Malaysia as the
perfect wedding destination. This country indeed offers all the ingredients we
vie for in a Big Fat Indian Wedding. Laced with scenic beauty, the airfares,
travel time, visa charges waiver, competitive prices of hotels and resorts, all
these factors position Malaysia as the desirable wedding destination. We hope
that this initiative will definitely increase the number of Indian weddings in
Malaysia,” said Rajnish Rathi.
Currently, a total of 237 flights connect 14
cities directly in India, offering approximately 45,000 seats per week to
Malaysia. The number will be even higher if it does include indirect flights.
Ease of connectivity is the key for both countries. Being less than five-hour
away from New Delhi, the time and cost involved will not be an issue given that
the government has eased the visa facility for Indian travellers with the
introduction of eNTRI and eVISA.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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