Malaysia gets China charters

Growing interest in Malaysia among travellers from the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan has prompted travel agents in those markets to commence chartered flights starting December.

M. Wahid, director, Tourism Malaysia South China, told TTG Asia e-Daily that these flights will take off from Chengdu and Kunming to Sabah, Langkawi and Kuala Lumpur. He pointed out that Sabah, on the northern side of Malaysia’s Borneo island, has also been gaining much popularity among Chinese travellers from Guangzhou. However, he did not elaborate on the number of chartered flights planned.

“Malaysia is now concentrating on attracting the high-end segment from China,” he said. In the past six months, Malaysia received 560,000 arrivals from mainland China, a six per cent increase compared to the same period in 2010.
-TTG Asia.