MATTA Set Up Working Committee For Visit Malaysia Year 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 February 2018: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has set up a Working Committee to lend greater focus and momentum in line with Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2020. The working committee will look into overseas promotion, hosting oversea travel agents to do packaging and online marketing influencers to create awareness on local destinations including collaboration with airlines and hoteliers to value-add holiday packages in the country.

MATTA President Datuk Tan Kok Liang said, “For a start, we are providing a pavilion for 29 of our members to participate in ITB Berlin Trade Show in Germany from March 7 to 11, leading sales missions to Xian and Zheng Zhou in China from March 12 to 16, and to Dhaka, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar in India and Bangladesh from March 18 to 24.

“In May 2018, we will be facilitating the meeting of the European Travel Agents and Tour Operators Associations (ECTAA) in Malaysia, and in August the Outbound Tour Operators Association of India (OTOAI).”

“In line with the call by Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to make VMY2020 a national mission, MATTA has stepped up another gear in collaboration with major international markets and lined up sales missions to China, India and UK/Europe, and cooperation with Asean countries.”

“Visit Malaysia Years had always recorded a tremendous boost in visitor arrivals, starting from 1990 and followed by those in 1994, 2007 and 2014. VMY2020 will be no exception, but it is particularly challenging under current business environment.”

“Making 2020 as the next Visit Malaysia Year has energised the local tourism industry. It is necessary to get all industry players to come on board to attract tourists and receive visitors. Tourism industry players are excited at the prospect and thankful to the government for gearing its machinery to welcome visitors”, concluded Tan.

 

DATUK TAN KOK LIANG
President MATTA
Term 2017 - 2019