SEPANG, 13 December 2024 – Tourism Malaysia’s Deputy Director General (Promotion II), Mr. Lee Thai Hung alongside representatives from Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) and Shanghai Airlines welcome 150 passengers on board flight FM813 arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport today from Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin province via Yuncheng of Shanxi province.

Shanghai Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Co Ltd currently operates seven days a week flights to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, three days a week to Penang and this new service travelling via Yuncheng will run every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday using Boeing 737-800.

The introduction of this new flight will provide passengers in Jilin and Shanxi provinces with more convenient air travel experience to Malaysia.

As of October 2024, Malaysia has welcomed 2,822,247 arrivals from China, an exponential growth of 139% in comparison to the same period in 2023 with 1,180,980 arrivals. Malaysia is currently targeting to receive 27.3 million international tourist arrivals with RM102.7 billion in tourism receipts in 2024.

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Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, also known as Tourism Malaysia, is an agency under the Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture Malaysia. It focuses on the specific task of promoting Malaysia as a preferred tourism destination. Since its inception, it has emerged as a major player in the international tourism scene.

The next Visit Malaysia Year, set to take place in 2026, will commemorate the sustainability of the nation's tourism industry, which is also in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).

Furthermore, Tourism Malaysia actively endorses the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT), working towards the realisation of the IMT-GT Visiting Year 2023-2025, with the shared aim of promoting the region as a unified tourism destination. For more information, visit Tourism Malaysia’s social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.

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