Tourism Minister Dato Dr Ng Yen Yen has recently announced a new tourism initiative to increase tourism arrival from the Middle East. Branded as the Ramadan Summer Festival the event is also to promote I City in Shah Alam as an iconic tourism destination.
It will be a 24 hours daily event filled with fun, shopping and gourmet during the holy month of Ramadan in August which will coinside with the Arab Summer holidays till the year 2015. "We must leverage on this coincidence" said the Minister.
Why I City has been singled out for this promotion using public funds is beyond comprehension. But more importantly is that the Muslim officers at the Ministry must advise the Minister that Ramadan is a holy month for the Muslims. The day is spent on fasting while the nights are for the performance of tarawih prayers , recitation of the Holy Quran and other "amal ibadah".
Anyway for the whole month of Ramadan the Muslim tour operators are busy organising tour packages and logistics for Malaysians going to Makkah for Umrah. So we can assume that only the non Muslim operators will benefit from the Festival should the officers in the Ministry fail to advise the Minister on this religious fact.
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