Sunday, January 15, 2012

BACK TO DOMESTIC TOURISM

Domestic tourism will be among the focus to be given by Malaysia in future following the success of the domestic vacation programme which contributed significantly to the national economy.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said the data showed that in 2010, Malaysians had made 110 million trips to go on vacation in the country which contributed an income of RM34 billion.


The success, which was achieved through aggressive promotions including the 'Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia' programme indicated that the tourism industry had the potentials to make a significant contribution to the country's income.


"Many of us may have forgotten that Malaysia has numerous tourist destinations which are attractive and must be visited. Thus, our focus in future is to give emphasis on domestic tourism because this segment offers considerable returns to the country," she said on the sidelines of the Asean Plus Three (China, Japan and Korea) Tourism Ministers' Meeting, in Manada recently.

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