Tourism refers to the activity of touring,
sightseeing or travelling to a place other than fifty miles from the place of
residence not more than one year for the purpose of recreation or leisure.
According to the World Tourism Organization, one of the UN agencies, tourism
also refers to the activities of service to travelers. Tourism has become a
popular leisure activity in the world.
Every country in this world have their own interesting places and historical places which become a tourism attraction. Malaysia also is no exception from being a main tourist destination, not even from outside the country or in the country. Every year, the government expends a huge amount of money to maintain the historical places ,facilities and improve the tourism services in Malaysia. Tourism is one of the main national income in Malaysia and government is always made various efforts towards to develop the tourism industry in the country.
One of the government efforts are, government always promote Malaysia to all country in the world. Government initiated steps to promote Malaysia worldwide by collaborating with other countries and exchange of culture delegation with certain countries is one of the most effective efforts to introduce Malaysia to foreign tourist. Other than that, government through the Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism has introduced a Visit Malaysia Year program to encourages tourist all over the world to visit Malaysia and thus give a lot of profit by foreign currency exchange from tourist. Government also need to improve their promotion to increase the amount of tourist although they need to spend a huge amount of money to do it.
There are a few factors that contributes to the tourist arrivals to Malaysia. One of the factors is because Malaysia has a lot of interesting places to visit. As an example , Malaysia has a lot of places that have unique surrounding that no same like their country such as Cameron Highlands and Genting Highlands. At these highlands, they can feel the cool and fresh surrounding and the temperature can dropped until 5 degree celcius depends on the weather. The tourist also can feel the uniqueness and beauty of nature while they can see the different types of crops especially fruits and vegetables. In addition, the tourist also can explore the tropical rain forest and manage some adventures activities at the same time the tourists also can do some research about flora and fauna in that place. So, this recreation park can attract the tourists from inside and outside the country.
Furthermore, Malaysia has a unique nature surroundings that hot and humid all the year. The tourists very love these climates pattern especially tourists from West countries such as Europe and United States of America. Tourist from West countries take the advantage to spend their holidays time in Malaysia to have sunbathe under the hot sun especially at the beach area in Malaysia. This is because Malaysia beach is very beautiful ,clean and safe. Moreover, there are also got a lot of interesting activities at the beach that has been prepared for tourist such as kayaking, boating ,or bathing. So , based on this privileges, tourist will keep come again to Malaysia more than once time.
Other than that, Malaysia also got a lot of beautiful and attractive islands that become the main reason for the tourist come to Malaysia. Among the islands that become a main tourist target in this country includings Redang Island, Kapas Island and Tioman Island. Besides that, a modern infrastructure facilities in the area are well cared to ensure the area is kept clean and comfortable for the tourist to visits. The tourist also can feel the underwater world with scuba diving activities at coral reef areas located in Pulau Kapas that is admitted as one of the seven wonders of the world. In addition, to ensure that the tourist are satisfied with the island natural surroundings, government has upgrade all the facilities on the island and government has announced that area as a Marine Park . So, with these privileges, Malaysia can attract more tourists, thus helping to generate the progress of the tourism industry.
At the same time, the progress of the tourism industry, supported by the existence the unique cultures in our country. As Malaysia is a multiracial country with a different culture then there are interesting here. The combination of the Malay, Chinese and India have managed to increase foreign tourist arrivals to Malaysia. The Malays are known for dances such as ‘inang’ and zapin while the Chinese are famous with dragon dance. In addition, Malaysia is rich with a variety of traditional food that can be enjoyed by the tourists. The Malay community is famous for its food such as satay, rice cake and ‘rendang’ and Indians are famous with curries, tosei, idali and others. Thus this uniqueness of our culture in Malaysia has become an attraction for tourists to visit our country.
The government plays an important role and related government agencies with tourism also develop the tourism sector in Malaysia. For example, Affairs Ministry of Tourism has organize a variety of cultural performances and tourist destination of Malaysia to some countries as an effort to promote Malaysia to the foreign tourists. The focus is not only limited to Europe countries or the United States but also include all countries in the world . At the same time, the government also held a variety of annual activities to attract more tourists, such as conducting Flora Festival Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Traditional Food Festival, Le Tour De Langkawi sports and so on. Malaysia has also introduced a new concept of tourism as "ecotourism", "agrotourism", medical tourism, education tourism and others. With the continue efforts of the tourism sector in Malaysia, it will be more advance one day.
Every country in this world have their own interesting places and historical places which become a tourism attraction. Malaysia also is no exception from being a main tourist destination, not even from outside the country or in the country. Every year, the government expends a huge amount of money to maintain the historical places ,facilities and improve the tourism services in Malaysia. Tourism is one of the main national income in Malaysia and government is always made various efforts towards to develop the tourism industry in the country.
One of the government efforts are, government always promote Malaysia to all country in the world. Government initiated steps to promote Malaysia worldwide by collaborating with other countries and exchange of culture delegation with certain countries is one of the most effective efforts to introduce Malaysia to foreign tourist. Other than that, government through the Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism has introduced a Visit Malaysia Year program to encourages tourist all over the world to visit Malaysia and thus give a lot of profit by foreign currency exchange from tourist. Government also need to improve their promotion to increase the amount of tourist although they need to spend a huge amount of money to do it.
There are a few factors that contributes to the tourist arrivals to Malaysia. One of the factors is because Malaysia has a lot of interesting places to visit. As an example , Malaysia has a lot of places that have unique surrounding that no same like their country such as Cameron Highlands and Genting Highlands. At these highlands, they can feel the cool and fresh surrounding and the temperature can dropped until 5 degree celcius depends on the weather. The tourist also can feel the uniqueness and beauty of nature while they can see the different types of crops especially fruits and vegetables. In addition, the tourist also can explore the tropical rain forest and manage some adventures activities at the same time the tourists also can do some research about flora and fauna in that place. So, this recreation park can attract the tourists from inside and outside the country.
Furthermore, Malaysia has a unique nature surroundings that hot and humid all the year. The tourists very love these climates pattern especially tourists from West countries such as Europe and United States of America. Tourist from West countries take the advantage to spend their holidays time in Malaysia to have sunbathe under the hot sun especially at the beach area in Malaysia. This is because Malaysia beach is very beautiful ,clean and safe. Moreover, there are also got a lot of interesting activities at the beach that has been prepared for tourist such as kayaking, boating ,or bathing. So , based on this privileges, tourist will keep come again to Malaysia more than once time.
Other than that, Malaysia also got a lot of beautiful and attractive islands that become the main reason for the tourist come to Malaysia. Among the islands that become a main tourist target in this country includings Redang Island, Kapas Island and Tioman Island. Besides that, a modern infrastructure facilities in the area are well cared to ensure the area is kept clean and comfortable for the tourist to visits. The tourist also can feel the underwater world with scuba diving activities at coral reef areas located in Pulau Kapas that is admitted as one of the seven wonders of the world. In addition, to ensure that the tourist are satisfied with the island natural surroundings, government has upgrade all the facilities on the island and government has announced that area as a Marine Park . So, with these privileges, Malaysia can attract more tourists, thus helping to generate the progress of the tourism industry.
At the same time, the progress of the tourism industry, supported by the existence the unique cultures in our country. As Malaysia is a multiracial country with a different culture then there are interesting here. The combination of the Malay, Chinese and India have managed to increase foreign tourist arrivals to Malaysia. The Malays are known for dances such as ‘inang’ and zapin while the Chinese are famous with dragon dance. In addition, Malaysia is rich with a variety of traditional food that can be enjoyed by the tourists. The Malay community is famous for its food such as satay, rice cake and ‘rendang’ and Indians are famous with curries, tosei, idali and others. Thus this uniqueness of our culture in Malaysia has become an attraction for tourists to visit our country.
The government plays an important role and related government agencies with tourism also develop the tourism sector in Malaysia. For example, Affairs Ministry of Tourism has organize a variety of cultural performances and tourist destination of Malaysia to some countries as an effort to promote Malaysia to the foreign tourists. The focus is not only limited to Europe countries or the United States but also include all countries in the world . At the same time, the government also held a variety of annual activities to attract more tourists, such as conducting Flora Festival Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Traditional Food Festival, Le Tour De Langkawi sports and so on. Malaysia has also introduced a new concept of tourism as "ecotourism", "agrotourism", medical tourism, education tourism and others. With the continue efforts of the tourism sector in Malaysia, it will be more advance one day.
