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“Malaysia will host Visit Malaysia Year in 2026 with a target of 35.6 million foreign tourist and RM147.1 billion in expenditures,” revealed Manoharan Periasamy, Director General, Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, during the announcement of the expansion of strategic destination marketing collaboration between Travelport and Tourism Malaysia.

Akmal Aziz, Deputy Director, Tourism Malaysia said, “In response to rising demand, the Malaysian government is negotiating with the Indian government to enhance the number of slots available under the bilateral aviation agreement. Following feasibility studies and market research, airlines are also considering launching new flights from tier II and III cites. Hopefully, flight frequency will increase in 2024.”

Manoharan Periasamy, Senior Director of International Promotion Division (Asia/Africa), Covering Deputy Director General Planning, Malaysia Tourism, said, “Malaysia has observed growth in terms of tourists from India with more than 472,000 numbers from Jan-Sept 2023″.  

“We believe that Indian travellers are ready to see and experience new and offbeat destinations and attractions. They now like to immerse themselves in destinations and the unique experiences they have to offer,” says Noriah Jaafar, Director of Tourism Malaysia

Manoharan Periasamy, Senior Director, International Promotion Division, Asia/Africa, Malaysia Tourism, highlights that the Malaysia Tourism is focusing on tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 cities as they have more spending power and have the interest to travel.   

Datuk Musa, DDG of Promotion for Malaysia said, “Incentives are offered to travel agents to organize charter flights from India to Malaysia, targeting MICE segments. With an aim to attract more tourists, not only via commercial flights but also specially arranged charters.”

Malaysia Tourism will be the country partner for 8th edition of Travel Wedding Show, to be held from 24-25 June, 2023 at Mementos by ITC Hotels, Ekaaya Udaipur. The event sees wedding planners indulge in one-on-one B2B meetings with exhibitors across the country and outside.  

TAAI Western Region will sign an MoU with Malaysia Tourism on June 22, 2017 in Mumbai to offer training workshops to its members in the Western Region. The workshop is titled ‘Malaysia – Beyond KL’ and will be offered to frontliners and representatives of tour operators. The association also launched a concise booklet on Malaysia that features 1,001 packages and aims to serve as a ready-reckoner for agents who want to sell the destination. Sampat Damani, Chairman Western Region, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI)adds, “Fourteen states from Malaysia have worked out detailed packages in this booklet along with pricing. Agents just need to look at it.”