Malaysia steps up tourism cooperation with Laos

VIENTIANE 21 JULY (KPL) - A delegation of tourism officials from Malaysia traveled to Lao PDR to exchange lessons with Lao tour companies on expanding their businesses.
It was led by chairman of Johore Executive Committee for Tourism of Malaysia, Mr. Hoo Seong Chang. Several officials from Inbound Tourism Association were in this group.
The Johor tourism officials held a seminar in Vientiane on Monday to exchange lessons on the tourism business with Lao tour companies.
The main objective of the seminar was to get Lao tour companies to be familiar with the interesting tour sites in the state of Johor and to mull the staging of direct flights from Johor to Vientiane and vice versa, said Mr. Hoo Seong
Chang.
Presently, Air Asia, a budget airline, operates the Vientiane-Kuala Lumpur route on a thrice-weekly basis.
Johor is the southernmost state of West Malaysia. It has two top tourist draws, the Hindu glass temple and the only glass temple in the world and to be able to get a panoramic view of Singapore’s skyscrapers from strategic places in Johore, he added.
The other interesting activities are agro-tourism, homestay, eco-tourism, culture, heritage, shopping and entertainment.
Last year, 35,000 Laotians visited Malaysia.