The Colours of 1Malaysia, the new version of CITRAWARNA is back and set to dazzle crowds with an array of shows on May 21.
Tourism Minister Dato Seri Dr Ng was showing reporters a preview of what visitors can expect at Citrawarna during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The annual event, which will take place at Dataran Merdeka from 5pm, is expected to attract over 100,000 visitors including foreign tourists and overseas media, said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen. This figure can be a bit of a bull if the venue set at Dataran Merdeka.
“We have a dynamic show planned for this year’s event which will be graced by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. This is our signature tourism event. We want to show tourists our products including our parks and flower gardens, which is our newest tourism product, our fabulous food, eco-tourism and arts.
“Our iconic event is one of our biggest and will attract lots of tourists from overseas. There will also be local art shows and activities,” she said at a press conference at her office here yesterday.
“We have about 5,000 participants including school children and members of the public. Tourism packages are also being sold by various travel agencies for this event.”
She added that the ministry would also bring in over 200 MegaFam participants from several overseas countries.
Last year’s Citrawarna event, she said, was broadcast internationally to about 45 million people.
The Minister can say what she likes but she will not be able to say that this event is not even in the calender of events of Tourism Malaysia.
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