KUALA LUMPUR: The business events industry will help Malaysia achieve its new target of 9.2 million tourist arrivals with RM26.8bil in tourism receipts this year, says Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri .
Besides that, she said aggressive efforts to increase tourist arrivals from India and Brunei would also boost the country’s tourism sector. Earlier, Nancy witnessed a memorandum of collaboration signing between Tourism Malaysia and Qatar Airways with the primary objective of extending networking and strengthening strategic cooperation.
She said the ministry was optimistic about achieving higher numbers of tourist arrivals especially with the country easing its Covid-19 standard operating procedure, making Malaysia one of the most hassle-free countries for travellers.