Malaysia expects to welcome 30 million foreign tourists this year
Malaysia hopes to meet its target of welcoming a record 30 million tourists in 2020 by redirecting its marketing efforts to local and other markets as the number of visitors from China has dropped.
Hanoi (VNA) - Malaysia hopesto meet its target of welcoming a record 30 million tourists in 2020 by redirectingits marketing efforts to local and other markets as the number of visitors fromChina has dropped.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19)outbreak occurred at a bad time, as Malaysia is pushing its "VisitMalaysia 2020" programme to stimulate its stuttering economy, an tourismofficial said on February 19.
Tourism accounts for 11.8 percent ofMalaysia's gross domestic product (GDP), with 28 million foreign visitorscoming to the Southeast Asian country last year, 11 percent of them from China.
While numbers on tourist arrivals forJanuary aren't yet available, Malaysia has imposed a temporary ban on visitorsfrom Chinese provinces placed on lockdown by the Chinese government, in a bidto stem the spread of the coronavirus. Malaysia has reported 22 confirmed casesso far.
Musa Yusof, director-general of governmentagency Tourism Malaysia, said more efforts are being made to encourage travelamongst Malaysians to stimulate the economy and hence, counter the losses dueto the decline in foreign tourists.
He said the agency also had astrategy of ramping up promotions in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, CentralAsia and South Asia./.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) will offer Vietnamese tourists 200 free tickets to this year’s Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit from March 22 to 24.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) in Vietnam hosted the “Visit Malaysia 2014 Roadshow” series in Ho Chi Minh City on June 20 as one of the programmes to kick off the Malaysia Tourism Year 2014.
A total of 25.7 million international visitors came to Malaysia in 2015, down 6.3 percent from the previous year, according to the country’s Tourism Promotion Board.
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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and EAEU Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev jointly declared the conclusion of FTA talks on the sidelines of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), according to the statement.
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Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to move forward professionally, without regard for any political changes in Thailand, believing that Thailand has clear principles, guidelines and procedures in place.
The tax adjustment supports the Malaysian Government’s strategy to reduce reliance on foreign food supply chains and to assist domestic farmers, a finance official has said.
The proposed venue is located in the Chatuchak area of Bangkok, featuring eight public sites, including Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal and several nearby parks.
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Two naval gunboats intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine hydrochloride off the coast of the main island of Luzon just before dawn, in a joint operation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
Thai Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Vuttikrai Leewiraphan Thailand's formal proposal will be substantial enough for the US to consider further detailed negotiations. He hoped for a tariff rate not exceeding 10% and suggested that the US might extend the negotiation period if an agreement is not reached by the July 8 deadline.
Organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Thai Silk & Culture Promotions, the event honors Her Majesty the Queen on her 47th birthday anniversary and promotes Thai craftsmanship on an international stage.
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The lab focuses on four key thematic areas: energy transition and green innovation, sustainable agriculture, circular economy and sustainable cities, and nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
The key content of the document titled "Accelerating Innovative Strategies: Addressing the OOSCY Challenges" will be refined further in a seminar preceding the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur this October.
This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.
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