Media Releases
21st of Dec
NOVEMBER TOURIST ARRIVALS SURPASS THE 2009 TARGET
Tourist arrivals for the first eleven months of 2009 have surpassed the 19 million target set by the government for this year. Malaysia has recorded a total of 21,505,120 tourist arrivals from January...
21st of Dec
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR MOUNT KINABALU
Mountain Torq’s via ferrata (iron road in Italian) on Mount Kinabalu at 3,776 metres above sea level has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s highest. Located in the sta...
15th of Dec
MALAYSIA BAGS MORE AWARDS AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS 2009
Malaysia bagged two world awards at the 16th World Travel Awards (WTA) 2009 grand finals held on 8 November, in conjunction with the World Travel Market 2009 in London. Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur Intern...
15th of Dec
BEST COUNTRY BRAND: MALAYSIA, TOP 10 VALUE-FOR-MONEY DESTINATIONS
Malaysia ranked 7th for Best Country Brand for Value for Money in a global study conducted by FutureBrand, a leading global brand consultancy, in conjunction with public relations firm Weber Shandwick...
10th of Dec
SHOWDOWN OF CHAMPIONS 2009 BRINGS TENNIS GLAMOUR TO MALAYSIA
For two days only, catch a quartet of stars in the tennis world -- Elena Dementieva, Maria Kirilenko, Sania Mirza and Zheng Jie - battle it out on Malaysian courts for the Showdown of Champions 2009....
3rd of Dec
KL CONFIRMS 28 MICE EVENTS THIS YEAR
Some 28 conventions have been confirmed this year to take place between 2009 and 2014, estimated to bring in more than 16,000 delegates to the country's capital city Kuala Lumpur. The MICE events,...