MALAYSIA PARTICIPATES AS PLATINUM PARTNER AT GULF TRAVEL SHOW 2021

Dubai, 14 October 2021 – Tourism Malaysia is participating for the third time at the third editionof the Gulf Travel Show (GTS) from 12 to 14 October2021. As a platinum partner, Malaysia is having its own virtual pavilion with 13 booths consisting ofTourism Malaysia Dubai, TourismMalaysia Jeddah, LangkawiDevelopment Authority (LADA),Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC),together with three (3) Destination Management Companies (DMC)/ tour operator partners, one product partner, as well as five hotels and resorts from the island of Langkawi.

Following this year’s participation, Mr Manoharan Periasamy, the Senior Director of Tourism Malaysia’s International Promotion Division for Asia & Africa says that GTS 2021 is a platform that allows industryplayers to share the development and implementation of safety for domestic and international travellers in preparation for reopeningthe borders, especially for the Middle East market.

“Malaysia has successfully completed the vaccination of more than 90 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19, and as a result, domestic tourism has fully reopened effective Monday, 11 October 2021. In the meantime, Tourism Malaysia isgearing up in preparing to welcome more tourists and also continuing in promoting the #WeMissYou campaign ahead of the reopening of our international borders that is expected after we achieve 90 per cent complete inoculation nationwide,” says Mr Manoharan.

Mr Nasaruddin Bin Abdul Muttalib, the Chief Executive Officer of LADA also shares, “On 16 September 2021, the government has announced the reopening of Langkawi as the pilot project for Malaysia’s domestic travel bubble, aimed at reviving thenation’s tourism industry.Langkawi has become the first holiday destination in Malaysia to open its doors to domestic touristswho are fully vaccinated. The visitors

are also subject to the standardoperating procedures (SOP) compliance and are required to go through COVID-19 screening tests before entering Langkawi.”