SHAH ALAM: Malaysia is once more a most well-liked vacationer vacation spot with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.
The Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister mentioned tourists arrivals are growing as a result of there is no such thing as a requirement to be quarantined, bear further PCR and RTK Covid-19 exams, or to buy Covid-19 insurance coverage.
“Our restaurant operating hours are also a bit relaxed so these are the factors that have encouraged travellers to our country,” she informed the media yesterday after officiating the #GoJalanLah marketing campaign.
Nancy mentioned Malaysia had seen about a million travellers arrive since April 1. The quantity meant that the nation had reached the midway mark of its Malaysia Truly Asia 2022 marketing campaign goal of two million vacationer arrivals.
“From Singapore alone we had received about 600,000 travellers.
“We are optimistic that we will be seeing a rise in these figures from other countries such as Japan and India.
“Remember, to reach our target of two million tourist arrivals in Malaysia, we should also empower our domestic tourism sector to ensure its inclusive contribution to the economy, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” she added.
The #GoJalanLah marketing campaign is a one-year collaborative promoting marketing campaign between Tourism Malaysia and Firefly Airlines, working from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023.
It provides travellers flight tickets and lodging reductions of as much as 35%, ranging from RM188.
Firefly chief government officer Philip See mentioned it is able to help the federal government’s initiatives in boosting home tourism.
He added the marketing campaign covers flights from Subang Jaya to Penang, Alor Setar, Kuching and Johor Baru amongst others.
“Beginning next week, we will also restart flights to international destinations within the South-East Asian region such as Singapore and Phuket.
“We hope this will also encourage more travellers from these countries to come to Malaysia,” he added.
During the marketing campaign, the Firefly livery will probably be embellished with “Cuti-Cuti Malaysia” and Tourism Malaysia’s Fiftieth-anniversary celebration emblem to encourage Malaysians to journey throughout the nation, along with displaying a QR code with over 68 journey locations on its plane.
