KUALA LUMPUR: Shoppers looking for holidays deals at the KL MATTA Fair are advised to make sure they buy bona fide deals and that travel insurance is included in their packages.
MATTA president Datuk Mohd Khalid Harun warned consumers that there are a number of holiday packages being advertised on the Internet using the MATTA Fair logo. “Many agents selling these MATTA Fair Special Offer' packages online are not registered as exhibitors at the fair and are definitely not authorised by MATTA. “Do not purchase the packages online if you know that the agents are not exhibitors at the fair. “Also, keep in mind that MATTA has made it compulsory for our member agencies to offer travel insurance,” he said at a pre-event press conference yesterday.
Khalid added that the latest fair would see more foreign National Tourist Offices (NTO) promoting their respective countries. “There will be 23 NTOs at this fair, with Iran and Ecuador coming in as first-time exhibitors,” he said.
The KL MATTA Fair will be held from today until Sunday at the Putra World Trade Centre. It is open from 10am to 9pm and will be launched by Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.
There are 1,008 exhibition booths by various tour and travel agents, NTOs, hotels and resorts, and airlines.
Meanwhile, the Ecuador NTO is offering attractive holiday packages to the South American country at its booth. This includes a 12-day tour of the country priced at RM16,488. The tour includes visits to the Unesco World Heritage city of Quito, a chance to see giant Galapagos tortoises and blue-footed Booby birds, as well as a trip along the Pan-American highway to see the Cotopaxi volcano. For more information, log on to travellingdiscovery.wordpress.com.
-thestar online.
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