KUALA
LUMPUR, 08 JUNE 2022 – Tourism Malaysia is taking travel
trade partners and media from the Indonesian market on its familiarisation trip
to promote Malaysia as a safe holiday destination and welcome more
international travellers as the borders have fully reopened.
A total of six (6) travel
agents and two (2) media aboard Malaysia Airlines from Jakarta for a five-day
four-night (5D4N) trip in collaboration with BMC Travel Sdn Bhd from 30 st May to 3rd June
2022. Malaysia Airlines serves daily direct flights from Jakarta, Medan,
Surabaya and Denpasar to Kuala Lumpur.
Participants had the chance
to visit several destinations in Peninsular Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur,
Cameron Highlands, the city of Ipoh, Perak as well as Bentong, Pahang, where
they had the opportunity to try the locals’ favourite Durian, Musang King.
Tourism Malaysia’s fam trips
are tailored to offer international tour operators and media valuable
opportunities to gain first-hand experience of travelling to Malaysia in the
post-pandemic. This timely programme will support Malaysia’s target of
achieving 2 million tourist arrivals and RM8.6 billion in tourist spending.
The director general of
Tourism Malaysia, Dato’ Haji Zainuddin Abdul Wahab, expressed his hope that
after returning from this programme, Indonesian travel agents will start to be
active again in selling tour packages to Malaysia, especially to new
destinations such as Pahang and Perak to their customers.
Malaysia only recorded
711,723 Indonesian tourists in 2021, compared to the same period in 2019, with
a total of 3.6 million Indonesians visiting Malaysia. We hope that this
programme will motivate our industry friends to come back stronger in reviving
the tourism industry said Dato’ Haji Zainuddin.
Starting 1 st May 2022, fully-vaccinated inbound travellers are no
longer required to undergo pre-departure and on-arrival COVID-19 tests,
including children aged 12 and below as well as for those who have been
infected with COVID-19 within six to 60 days before departure to Malaysia.
Travel insurance is also not a prerequisite for foreigners entering the country.
The wearing of masks outdoors
is optional but still mandatory indoors, including in shopping malls, offices,
public transportation and e-hailing rides.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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