TOURISM MALAYSIA FETES MEDIA AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN APPRECIATION OF 2019 SUPPORT

Yours truly was one of the lucky media that was invited to the special appreciation dinner Tourism Malaysia organized...

 This Media and Industry appreciation dinner was held to acknowledge the support and cooperation received from members of the media and tourism industry players throughout 2019...

The #mytravelmediabuddy hashtag was also officially launched with members of the media getting recognized with a little souvenir plaque.. 

There were about 350 guests from the media industry as well as local tourism industry players, comprising editors, journalists, bloggers and social media content editors and writers, as well as hoteliers, tourism associations, travel agents and tourism product owners who attended the dinner at The Glasshouse at Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur...

The occasion was hosted by Director General of Tourism Malaysia, Datuk Musa Yusof, with YB Tuan Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, as guest of honour...

 It was also an important networking platform for Tourism Malaysia officers to engage with the media and industry players...

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and Tourism Malaysia is planning to kick off the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign in a big way via the Malaysia Christmas and New Year Open House as well as the launch of Visit Malaysia 2020 which will simultaneously be celebrated at Dataran Merdeka on 31 December 2019...

Senior officials of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture along with Tourism Malaysia will head to various air, land and sea entry points in Malaysia to welcome the arrival of the first tourists to Malaysia on 1 January 2020. Industry players and members of the media were invited to join in on the occasion as well...

For the year 2019, Tourism Malaysia had organised various media familiarisation trips, industry briefings, press conferences and networking programmes to maintain good relations with the media and industry players.