Tourism Malaysia’s Sydney office was voted among the top five best international tourist offices at the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) 2010 National Tourism Industry Awards recently.

The selection, made by travel agents in Australia, is even more meaningful for Tourism Malaysia since there are more than 40 national tourism organizations based in Australia. Besides Malaysia, others in the final five were Canadian Tourism Commission, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority and Singapore Tourist Board. The final award went to Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority.

The awards were presented at a gala dinner attended by more than 900 tourism industry representatives on Saturday 10 July at The Westin Sydney, sponsored by Qantas and Singapore Airlines.

Besides the Sydney office, Tourism Malaysia also has offices in Perth and Melbourne.

Last year, Malaysia received 533,382 arrivals from Australia, a 24.9% increase over the 2008 Australian arrivals.

For more information, please contact:
Mr. Shahrin Mokhtar, Director, Tourism Malaysia (Sydney)

Tel  :  +612 9299 4441
Email: mtpb.sydney@tourism.gov.my or shahrin@malaysiatourism.com.au

Issued by: Communications & Publicity Division, Tourism Malaysia
Date: 13 July 2010
For more information, please contact +603- 2615 8188; Fax: +603 26158299 or
Email: anisramli@tourism.gov.my
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