NEW DELHI, 7 JAN 2020: The Hon. Deputy Minister
of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Muhammad Bakhtiar bin Wan Chik, presented 37
awards at tonight’s Appreciation Awards
to partners of Tourism Malaysia in India for their strong and continuous
support towards the growth and development of the Malaysian tourism industry.
The Appreciation Night, held at The Shangri-La on the eve of SATTE
(South Asia Travel & Tourism Exchange), was attended by presidents of the
tourism associations – TAAI, TAFI and OTOAI, and representatives from major
travel agencies, tour operators, online travel agencies, airlines, media,
wedding planners, MICE curators along with 40 participants from Malaysia,
comprising a mix of DMCs, hotels, airlines, attractions and suppliers.
Tourism Malaysia also took the
opportunity to update the India travel trade members of Malaysia’s tourism
developments and launch the new Visit Malaysia 2020 promotional video called Breathtaking Malaysia.
The Deputy Minister thanked all
the stakeholders who played a crucial role in driving arrivals to Malaysia in
2019. “India has always been a very important tourist source market for
Malaysia. From January to September 2019, Indian arrivals to Malaysia grew by
23.2% year on year. This put India in sixth place in terms of arrivals to
Malaysia,” he said.
“Tourism Malaysia, in its
commitment to develop India as a stronger tourist source market, got its
biggest ever contingent of participants for SATTE, comprising a total of 40
participants with 13 travel agents, 14
hotels and resorts, seven product owners, three airlines, two state agencies
and one Online Travel Agent (OTA)” he added.
The Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign
is targeted at achieve 30 million tourist arrivals overall with 1 million
arrivals from India.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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