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Tourism Industry Hoping For 2025 Turbo-Boost

Nigel Wong, President, Malaysia Travel and Tourism Association (MATTA)

02-Jan-25 07:45

Tourism Industry Hoping For 2025 Turbo-Boost

Malaysia has seen the volume of foreign tourist arrivals increase from the year prior, with some 24 million visitors during January to November period. However this is lower than what the government initially targeted for 2024, which is 27 million tourist arrivals. How is the travel and tourism industry starting 2025 - are players feeling optimistic or pessimistic? We do a channel check with Nigel Wong, President of the Malaysian Travel and Tourism Association or MATTA.


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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam


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