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M'sia's Southern Johor State Aims To Attract More Tourists From ASEAN Countries

JOHOR BAHARU (Johor, Malaysia), June 29 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's southern state of Johor aims to attract more tourists from ASEAN countries via its business-to-business (B2B) sales missions to various countries this year. State Tourism, Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman, Tee Siew Kiong, said the B2B promotions were expected to give better impact. "We can match tour agencies in both destinations. This year we will undertake promotion missions to Ho Chi Minh City and Indonesia," he told reporters at Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Foon Yew 5, a Chinese primary school, here Sunday. Tee said in January, the first B2B mission was to Myanmar in conjunction with ASEAN Travel Forum. He said other than the attractive destination to visit, the flights that directly connected Senai to other international destinations were also another attractive factor to attract tourists to Johor. Senai is a transit town situated 25 kilometres northwest of Johor Bahru, capital of Johor state. "Other than Ho Chi Minh Cityu, five key cities in Indonesia, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Yogyakarta and Lombok, also had direct flight connections from Senai," he said. In 2014, the state attracted over 20,979 tourists, with 80 per cent from Singapore. Meanwhile, Tee said Johor Tourism Department will hold 'Explore Johor Sabah' from July 3-5 in conjunction with Matta Fair Sabah which would he held in Suria Shopping Mall, Kota Kinabalu (capital of East Malaysian state of Sabah). "This is an effort by the state government to encourage B2B domestic sales," he said. Earlier, Tee, who is also State Assemby for Pulai Sebatang, presented donations of US$75,790 (RM286,800) to 478 students from various national Chinese schools. -- BERNAMA

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