Chennai: Ahead of the year-end festivities, Malaysia Tourism has launched five packages exclusively targeting the Indian market. With a 10 per cent discount on airfares from Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, the packages assure a family-friendly holiday and a broader experience of Malaysia.
India has consistently been one of the top 10 tourist generating markets for Malaysia and has continuously made significant contributions to tourist arrivals and tourist receipts to Malaysia. From January till September 2018, Malaysia received 4,37,736 tourists from India - an increase of 10.4 % compared to last year. The country received tourist receipts of RM 1.2 billion from the India market from January till June which was an increase of 15 % for the same period of last year.
Tuan Syed Yahya Syed Othman, Director of Package Development Division, Tourism Malaysia, who launched the "Malaysia Fantastic Deals" package on Tuesday, said these packages brought together the best of Malaysia's islands and beaches, city, gastronomy and family-friendly experiences, and would provide a broader experience of Malaysia.
Aimed to promote more value-for-money holiday packages to Malaysia for tourists from India, the initiative sees Tourism Malaysia partnering with Malindo Air and several popular hotels and a restaurant in Malaysia to offer a total of five packages through selected Indian travel agents based in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Bookings are open from December 15 2018 to January 15, 2019, for travel to Malaysia between February 1 and July 31, 2019. The premium Malaysia-based airline, operating to nine cities in India, is offering a 10 % discount on airfares from four Indian metros.
According to Manoj Mehta, General Manger, India region, Malindo Air, the airlines, which launched its service to New Delhi in December 2015, now operates from nine Indian cities.
