KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia
is on track to achieve its target of 33.1mil tourist arrivals for 2018, said
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi (pic).
“We are keeping the target set [by the former
Government] earlier at 33.1mil. Based on the numbers so far, we are on
track,” he told reporters after launching Ice Age Alive 2018 at Malaysia
Tourism Centre (MaTiC) on Saturday (Aug 25).
The 2018 target was announced by the Ministry last
December under the former Barisan Nasional Government.
In his speech earlier, Mohamaddin said from January
to April this year, more than 8.47mil international tourists had visited
Malaysia, mainly from China, South Korea, Canada and United States.
Mohamaddin also added that his Ministry is in the
midst of studying all tourism projects.
“We are studying the projects and we will keep
those which are beneficial. With the change of Government, it does not mean
that we will cancel all projects initiated by the previous administration,” he
said.
Ice Age Alive opens until Dec 31 at MaTiC, Jalan
Ampang, Tuesday to Sunday and all public holidays, from 10am to 7pm.
Visitors will discover an exhibit of creatures who
roamed the Earth millions of years ago including Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex),
Dodo bird, sabre-toothed cat, woolly mammoth among other exhibits.
-thestar online.http://www.malaysia.travel
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