Malaysia ranked among world's top 10 travel destinations for 2014

Business & Markets 2013
Written by Bernama
Thursday, 31 October 2013 16:54
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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia has been ranked among the top ten
tourism destinations in the world for 2014 by Lonely Planet, the popular travel
guide.
Tourism Malaysia Deputy Director-General (Promotions) Chong Yoke Har said
the ranking comes at an auspicious time for Malaysia, as the country gears up
for Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2014.
"We are elated with this ranking by one of the travel industry's most
authoritative publications.
"The VMY 2014 campaign will be the country's fourth Visit Malaysia Year, and is
estimated to attract 28 million tourists to the country, reaping RM76 billion in
tourist receipts," she added, in a statement today.
Lonely Planet described Malaysia as "rolling out an array of new attractions",
such as Legoland Malaysia and the Hello Kitty family theme parks in Johor, as
well as the Gaya Island Resort on Pulau Gaya in Sabah.
The newly-opened Melaka Bird Park was also cited as another attraction.
Malaysia is the only Asian country to have made the top ten list.
Brazil, Antartica and Scotland emerged the top three destinations to visit in
2014.