MALAYSIA is pushing Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2014 campaign in Turkey for more tourists, with the reopening of a Tourism Malaysia office in Istanbul and trade event in the evening today.
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, minister for tourism and culture, was at Harmanci Giz Plaza this morning to officiate the launch of the tourism office, which will oversee the Turkish, Armenian, Romanian, Azerbaijani, and Bulgarian tourist source markets to Malaysia. The office was last operational in 2009.
In a press release issued by Tourism Malaysia, Mohamed Nazri said: “This year, Tourism Malaysia estimates that a total of 10,300 Turkish tourists will be visiting Malaysia, an increase from last year’s figure of 9,909. The figure is expected to increase to 11,000 tourists next year, during the VMY2014 campaign.”
Currently, there are no visa requirements between Turkey and Malaysia.
Air accessibility has improved with 7,238 weekly flights serving the Istanbul–Kuala Lumpur route presently through direct and indirect flights on Turkish Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, KLM, Air France and Qatar Airways.
