GENTING HIGHLANDS: The Tourism Ministry wants to put Malaysia on the map as an art appreciation destination. “Art tourism would be able to attract a greater number of high-income, returning and long-staying tourists,” said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen at the launch of the Longest Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition at the Genting International Convention Centre yesterday.
She said that innovative tourism products such as the 1Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism 2010 (MCAT) launched this year was aimed at attracting visitors who were willing to go far in search of art pieces and could afford the finer things in life. Dr Ng added that the MCAT would be an annual event from July to September and would have a different theme every year.
-thestar online.
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