Malaysia Targets Six Lakh Tourists from India

Malaysia Tourism plans to attract at least six lakh travellers from India in 2009. According to Zulkefli Sharif, Director – South Asia, West Asia and Africa Division, Malaysia Tourism Development Board, Malaysia, a delegation from that country, comprising tour operators and hoteliers, is scheduled to meet their counterparts in India  and explore mutual business opportunities and to offer new packages featuring new itineraries, fresh locales focusing beyond Kuala Lumpur tourism products. “India is the sixth most prominent tourism source market for us,” said Sharif. Pricing a two-night-three-day package at Rs 20,000 a person (which includes travel, stay and food), the country targets beyond metros at cash-rich tier-II and tier-III cities in India.