PUTRAJAYA, 28 MARCH
2018: For the third
consecutive year, Tourism Malaysia was presented with a Tamil Nadu Tourism
Award in Chennai, India, recently. The award was for the “Best Other Country
Tourism Office” category in recognition of Tourism Malaysia’s easy access and
range of tourism-related assistance to the public. Besides, Tourism Malaysia
was also supportive in enhancing flight connectivity from Chennai and Bengaluru
to Malaysia. It also worked closely with Singapore Airlines to enhance
connectivity from both Malaysia and Singapore to India.
The
Director of Tourism Malaysia for South India and Sri Lanka, Mr. Noor Azman
Samsudin, received the award given by the Regional Director of Ministry of
Tourism India, Mr. Sanjay Shrivats, at Kamarajar Arangam, Teynampet.
The
Tamil Nadu Tourism Award is an annual tourism event in Tamil Nadu, organised
with the support from the government of India. Since its inception in 2015, it
began to recognise industry players who demonstrated excellent performance.The
award aims to encourage the development of tourism, and especially to position
Tamil Nadu as a top tourism destination in India.
Madura
Welcome, the top tourist guide book of Tamil Nadu, is the official host of the
award presentation ceremony; it is a subsidiary of Madura Travel Service (P)
Ltd in Chennai, India. This year, the award was telecast all over Tamil Nadu by
Murasu TV and received wide coverage on social media.
The
Tamil Nadu Tourism Award, which entered its third edition this year, was
witnessed by over 2,000 guests. Among the guests of honour for that night
included vice chancellors, celebrities, consul generals, and government
officials of India.
Over
130 awards were presented to hoteliers, airlines, restaurants, tourism products
owners, travel agents, tourism education institutions, the media and
publishers.
The
winners were selected based on online nomination and voting by the public as
well as travel trade friends. In previous editions, Malaysia was crowned “Best
International Tour Destination” in 2015, while Tourism Malaysia took home the
“Best Other Country Tourism Office” award in both 2016 and 2017.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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