The History of Tourism

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The history of tourism

The tourism industry is fast becoming an important revenue gene rator for Malaysia. It was another record breaking year as Malaysia registered 17.54 million visitors (17,546,863) in 2006, slight ly surpassing the target of 17.5 million. This is an overall increase of 6.8% compared to the previous year. Thototal tourist receipts for 2006 was RM36.2 billion, an increase of about 13% compared to 2005. This is, however, RM1.4billion less than the targeted figure of RM37.6 billion(Tourism Malaysia, 2007). 2007has been designated by the Malaysian governmentas Visit Malaysia Year with the theme“Celebrating 50 Years of nationhood”. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato' SeriAbdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi officially launched the Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2007at 8pm on 6 January 2007, during a grand ceremony in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, KualaLumpur. The country is expectedto attract more than 20 millions visitors and to earnabout 50 billion Ringgitfrom tourism related activities (Tourism Malaysia, 2006) thisyear.

Name of tourism
 Air Travel
 Bridges and Tunnels
 Bus Travel
 Car Rentals
 Continents and Regions
 Countries, States, and Cities
 Cruises and Ocean Liners
 Distances and Travel Times
 Highways
 Hotels and Lodging
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