FOOD HAS BECOME MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR FOREIGN VISITORS TO MALAYSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (BERNAMA)-- Malaysian food has become one of the major
attractions to foreign visitors because of the unique blend of cultural and
ethnic histories that are not found anywhere else in the world, chairman of
Tourism Malaysia Dr Victor Wee said Friday.

He said this unique blend of culture is very much reflected in the broad
range of influences and flavours found in Malaysian food.

"Coupled with centuries of cohabitation, shared recipes and continous
experiments from restaurateurs and food operators, we have produced an
interesting potpourri of Malaysian cuisines not found anywhere else in the
world, making Malaysia a gourmet paradise," he said when launching the 1Malaysia
Fruit Tower contest at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here.

Wee said apart from good food, Malaysia also has a great variety of
refreshing and nutritious tropical fruits and praised the otganiser for
creatively design the contest to help promote Malaysian fruits.

The 1Malaysia fruit tower contains a mix of local fruits whereby visitors of
the ongoing Malaysia Restaurant Food Festival are encouraged to guess the
quantity of local fruits in the tower.

At the fuction, Wee also lanched the Fabulous Food 1Malaysia - Malaysia
Restaurant Food Festival that showcases fabulous food from renowed restaurants
in the country.

With the theme 'Come Celebrate The Festivities with Tasty Malaysia' the
three-day festival also features and promote the restaureters year end and new
year dinner and wedding packages at a great value whereby visitors can make
bookings and enjoy additional benefits.
-- BERNAMA