Published on : Tuesday, April 23, 2019
“This shows that Malaysia is on the right track. We are working hard to strengthen the country’s tourism industry to achieve the target in tourist arrival of 30 million people with revenue of RM100 billion in 2020.
“This is in line with the ministry’s aspiration to implement the Visit Malaysia year 2020,” he told a special media conference in conjunction with PH’s first anniversary as a government.
He said Kuala Lumpur, as well as Singapore, Macau and Shenzen are among the top 10 destinations.
Mohamaddin said he is satisfied with the achievement of the country’s tourism sector in the wake of the government’s austerity drive to reduce the country’s expenditure.
“We reduce slightly the budge and scope of our spending, especially for advertisement and infrastructure.
“However, it does not affect promotion for Visit Malaysia Year,” he added.
He said the ministry was also in the process of gazetting the Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge (PKGS) , involving 210 plots of land, as a national heritage site under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645).
The ministry has submitted documents on the PKGS to the tentative list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) heritage list, for it to be recognised as a world heritage site, he added.