The delegation consists of 20 tour operators, 15 hotels, several product owners and restaurants as well as state tourism development authorities. This sales mission covers five cities namely New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
During the Tourism Sales Mission, Tourism Malaysia will organise travel mart programmes for travel trade players to meet up and network among themselves. Hence, it provides Malaysia’s tourism industry players the opportunity to strengthen ties with their Indian counterparts.
Meanwhile, the Honourable Minister of Tourism and Culture, Dato’ Seri Nazri Bin Abdul BAziz will take the opportunity to officiate the launch of MyFest 2015 in Mumbai and Chennai cities on 13th and 15th February 2015 respectively. In Chennai, the launch of MyFest 2015 will be held in conjunction with the 8th Edison Awards. The Edison Awards is an annual Tamil film industry award ceremony.
India is one of the top ten tourist markets for Malaysia, with a total of 650,989 tourists recorded in 2013. As of October 2014, total arrivals from India was at 643,335 arrivals, registering a growth of 20.7% as compared to the same period in 2013.
In terms of accessibility, currently, flights between India and Malaysia are served by Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia, Air India Express and Malindo Air, providing a total of 165 direct flights with 30,050 seats weekly.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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