KUALA LUMPUR, April 12\u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia aims to welcome 60,000 New Zealanders next year as the country prepares\u00a0for\u00a0Visit Malaysia 2020 (VM 2020), a campaign targeting to bring in 30 million international tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tourism Malaysia director-general Musa Yusof was in Auckland Wednesday leading a travel trade mission to reinforce the message that Malaysia presented an attractive holiday proposition to New Zealand travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Malaysia\u2019s blend of ‘culture, cuisine and nature’ should appeal\u00a0strongly to New Zealanders\u2019 innate sense of adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNew Zealand, like Malaysia, is a multi-ethnic and diverse population living in relative peace and harmony. We hope that this mutual connection will serve as a basis to strengthen tourism relations with each other,\u201d he said in a statement issued by Tourism Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musa pointed out that Malaysia presented an exceptional value-for-money proposition where the Kiwi dollar would go a long way in value, hence offering the opportunity to elevate both the standard and length of stay of the Malaysian holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, a total of 50,698 New Zealanders visited Malaysia of the overall 25.8 million international tourists arrivals to the Southeast Asian country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are currently seven flights per week offering 2,009 seats from New Zealand to Malaysia, the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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