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Malaysia's Mega Sale Promo Kicks Off To A Flying Start

Malaysia's Mega Sale promotion kicked off to a flying start in Indonesia with thousands of Surabaya residents flocking to its official launch to grab the special offers on travel, education and medical check-up packages at the Pakuwon Super Mall, Sunday.
And, that made team leader Malaysian Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Zahid Hamidi, a very happy man in that second largest city of this island republic.
"We invited about 200 travel agents, tour operators and local tourism officials to the launching but thousands of visitors to the Mall swarmed the function as yesterday was Sunday," he told Bernama over the telephone from Surabaya Monday.
He said every visitor he met and talked to, were happy and glad that Tourism Malaysia had chosen Surabaya as the first destination for the nationwide launch as the move enabled them to be the first to grab the offers.
Already 70 per cent of seats on direct Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Air Asia flights for the Surabaya-Kuala Lumpur route had been taken up for the Mega Sale period from July 23 to Sept 4 and that was also enough reason for the local travel and tour operators to be happy about.
Among companies taking part in the two-day promotion in Surabaya are two hotels and resorts, two private colleges, nine private specialist medical centres, two travel agents and several state governments apart from Tourism Malaysia itself.
"Visitors too were thrilled by Reka Batik Malaysian batik promotion with six models taking the stage and the Malaysian cultural show, many visitors also appreciated their uniqueness," he said, also thanking Indonesian Indosiar television station who was the main sponsor for the Malaysian Mega Sale promotion in Surabaya.
Apart from the confirmed bookings, Zahid said, all the participating booths also received a lot of enquiries from potential tourists to Malaysia, which proved that with more such efforts throughout the year, Malaysia could easily tap the huge Surabaya market as the city was home to a large number of middle and high income earners. "Thanks also to MAS and Air Asia for servicing the direct Surabaya-Kuala Lumpur route as this direct link would certainly boost Malaysia's tourism, and like wise help increase this city tourism activities too," he said.
After Surabaya, Zahid will be leading Malaysia's Mega Sale promotion to Jakarta for two days from Tuesday and off to Bandung (June 9 and 10) and to Jogjakarta (June 11, 12 and 13).

Jakarta 2005-06-06