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Malaysia Booth At TRAVEX Jogja Expo Center. -
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture at Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council Booth. -
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture at Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council Booth at Malaysia Pavilion TRAVEX. -
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture at Sabah Tourism Board Booth. -
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Cultureat Sarawak Tourism Board Booth. -
Teh Tarik Demonstration at Malaysia Pavilion TRAVEX
Joining the Malaysian delegation were representatives from Sarawak Tourism Board, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
YOGYAKARTA – Malaysia’s delegation to the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) this year comes with a mission to combine effort with all ASEAN counterparts for the recovery of the tourism industry in the region. Malaysia is committed to revitalise tourism and to reopen its doors to international tourists.
Leading the Malaysian delegation to this Southeast Asia’s largest tourism trade event is Tourism, Arts & Culture Minister, H.E Dato’ Sri Tiong King Sing. He was accompanied by Dato’ Saraya Arbi, Secretary General of Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Dato’ Zainuddin Abdul Wahab, Director General of Tourism Malaysia.
H.E Minister attended the 26th ASEAN Tourism Ministers meeting, and the 22nd ASEAN Plus Three Tourism Meeting’s Meeting. The official opening ceremony of ATF 2023 was on 3rd January 2023 by the H.E Indonesian President Ir. Joko Widodo at the historical Prambanan Temple.
Joining the Malaysian delegation were representatives from Sarawak Tourism Board, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
ATF 2023 covered two concurrent events, namely the Ministerial and Bilateral meetings in Marriot hotel, while the TRAVEX was in the Jogja Expo Center (JEC) which serves as a platform for suppliers of ASEAN tourism products and services and qualified buyers from around the world to meet through pre-scheduled appointments. Both meeting and travel fair hope to boost ASEAN tourism business and bilateral understanding at highest level.
For TRAVEX, Malaysia constructed a beautiful tourism-themed booth, depicts the many attractions that Malaysian tourism has to offer, situated at AS 0.005 Hall B, in Jogja Expo Center (JEC)
“Malaysia tourism is well underway for recovery, as we managed to surpass the target of 9.2 million international arrivals in 2022.” said Dato Sri Tiong.
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