MALAYSIA VOTED BEST LEISURE SHORT-HAUL DESTINATON BY TRAVEL WEEKLY

By Tham Choy Lin

SHANGHAI, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia garnered another industry accolade when it was voted the best leisure short-haul destination by the Travel Weekly publication.

The award was received by Tourism Malaysia's international marketing
director for Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia Chong Yoke Har at a dinner
ceremony here Tuesday before China's biggest industry show, the China
International Travel Mart, opens here Thursday.

Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong were the three finalists shortlisted for
the leisure short-haul market accolade, one of 47 awards presented by the
magazine. A total of 600,000 votes were received for the awards.

Travel Weekly is published monthly in English and Chinese and has an online
edition too.

Tourism Malaysia acting director-general Amirrudin Abu said Malaysia's
efforts to promote tourism had been rewarded with more than a dozen industry
awards this year.

"The latest is also very meaningful because the votes are from industry
players," he said.