Saturday 9 February 2013

Envoy: Japan keen on drawing Muslim tourists


KUALA LUMPUR: Japan is keen on attracting Muslim tourists and Malaysia is one of the countries with the largest potential, said Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Shigeru Nakamura.
He said Japan had seen steady growth of visitor arrivals from Malaysia, especially following the implementation in September last year of the multiple entry visa for Malaysians travelling to Japan.
“From January to November last year, Malaysian arrivals in Japan totalled about 113,100, an increase of 16.5% from the corresponding period in the previous year.
“Promotion of tourism between Japan and Malaysia will contribute and enhance people-to-people relations,” he said.
Nakamura said MATTA would host a technical visit to Japan from tomorrow to Feb 3.
He said that in conjunction with the visit, the Japan National Tourism Organisation would sign an MoU with MATTA in Yokohama on Wednesday.
The MoU is to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas on inbound tourism between Malaysia and Japan.
“I hope the MoU will provide additional momentum to the Malaysia and Japan tourism collaboration to further promote the Japanese tourism industry,” added Nakamura. — Bernama

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