NUSAJAYA: The opening of the Legoland Theme Park in September and the Desaru tourism development in three years will bring in more than five million tourists to the state from the current 3.8 million.
State Tourism and Domestic Trade Committee chairman Hoo Seong Chang said that with the new attractions, he was confident that Johor would overtake Penang in the tourism industry. “Johor is now on par with Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak in terms of tourist arrivals but is still behind Kuala Lumpur (12 million), Pahang (eight million) and Penang (five million),” he said at a press conference after chairing a tourism committee meeting at Kota Iskandar on Tuesday.
He added that in the first quarter of the year, Johor received 6.193 million day trippers compared to 3.981 million in 2011. “Singaporeans are still the highest number of day trippers followed by mainland Chinese and Indonesians,” he said. Hoo also said that Johor received 3.785 million tourists who stayed in the state last year, compared to 3.618 million in 2010.
On another matter, Hoo said the deadline for the Johor Tourism Awards had been extended to June this year from December last year. “We have received an overwhelming response for the competition, which offers 27 awards in nine categories. The presentation ceremony will be held in September,” he added.
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