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Tourism Malaysia has been entrusted the task as a leading agency to promote VMY 2007 locally and internationally, and a line of promotional programmes has been planned by the country’s tourism offices worldwide. Mr Jamallulil said that a figure of 20.1 million tourist arrivals has been targeted for VMY. “This year has so far seen 17.5 million visitors, up from the previous year’s figure of 16.4 million,” he said. “Last year, the number of visitors from the Middle East accounted for 150,000, and we hope that there will be a substantial rise in their number, at least by 30 per cent in the near future,” he added.
The objectives of the VMY campaign is to aggressively develop and market the country as a major international tourist destination, increase foreign tourist arrivals, stimulate domestic tourism, encourage visitors to extend their stay, and increase their spending while holidaying in the country, he added.
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