Visit Perak Year 2017: Perak's Sales Mission to Medan and Jakarta,Indonesia

May 9, 2017

Visit Perak Year 2017: Perak’s Sales Mission to Medan and Jakarta,Indonesia

Perak is once again expanding its market to international waters – this time to Medan and Jakarta, Indonesia. The Sales Mission program aims to promote Perak’s theme park products such as Movie Animation Park Studios and Sunway’s Lost World of Tambun, as well as introduce Perak as a world-class medical tourism destination to travel industry agents in Indonesia as part of the efforts for Visit Perak Year 2017. The aim of this program is to create a platform between Perak and Indonesian travel agents to meet and set up a professional network wherein they can provide business opportunities for each other, especially with segments of fun, family and medical tourism. Perak is rich in culture and heritage, hence it is timely that new aspects of tourism are looked into, especially when in promoting Perak’s attractions.

In mid-2016, Ipoh was voted as the 6th best place to visit in Asia by Lonely Planet for their ‘Best in Asia 2016” compilation. In October 2016, Lonely Planet also listed Perak state as the 9th out of 10 top regions in the world to visit in 2017 for their “Best in Travel 2017” compilation. Ipoh also made headlines when U.S. News listed the city as one of the nine most affordable places to retire in the world in 2014. Nationally, Perak has been receiving the highest amount of domestic tourists over the last four consecutive years, increasing from 4.065 million tourists in 2011 up to a whopping 7.963 million in 2015. The target amount of tourists for 2017 is 8 million.

Aside from that, Tourism Perak is also proud to introduce numerous world class products all within the state of Perak. These world class icons consists of:

Royal Belum – One of the World’s Oldest Rainforest

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Pangkor Island – World Class Island Destination

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Lenggong Valley – UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sungai Klah Hotsprings Retreat – World Class Hot Spring
Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve – World’s Best Managed Mangrove Ecosystem
Tempurung Cave – Peninsular Malaysia’s Longest and Largest Cave
Kuala Kangsar – Perak’s Royal Town
Orang Utan Island – Global Eco Destination
Zoo Taiping & Night Safari – The First Zoo and Night Safari in Malaysia
Ipoh – 6th Best Place to Visit in Asia (Lonely Planet, 2016)

In conjunction with Visit Perak Year 2017, the Perak State Government is hosting various local and international events. Some of the international events to look forward to are Ipoh Cycle Fest, International Tourism Expo, World Eco-Tourism Expo (WET EXPO) the Pangkor International Poetry and Folk Songs Festival (PULARA), Pangkor International Development Dialogue (PIDD), Perak International Magic Festival, Perak International Drum Festival (PIN Drum Fest), Royal Belum Eco Challenge, Ipoh International Waiter Race, Perak International Century Ride, Royal Belum International Bird Expedition, International Blues & Raggae Festival, Ipoh International Race, the 6th Ipoh International Dancesport Championship and Pangkor Sea Festival. Local events that cover cultural, heritage and interests are such as the Songkran Festival, Perak Crafts Fair, Durian Fruit Festival, Arts Fest, Ipoh Cultural Parade, The Other Festival, Royal Belum Anglers Challenge, 7th Classic Cars Rally and more.

Coming soon to Perak also is MAPS, also known as Movie Animation Park Studios. Recognised as the only Animation Theme Park in all of Asia, its doors open on 26th June 2017 and will showcase over 40 attractions in 6 themed-zones, presenting collaboration with the likes of Dreamworks and BoBoiBoy, and the first car stunt show arena in Asia.

Perak is an ideal holiday destination because of many holiday segments suitable for everyone. Not only is Perak rich in food of both Halal and Non-Halal orientation from various cultures, it also offers on various leisure activities such as golf, hot springs and wellness spas, theme parks and artistic murals by both international and local artists. It is timely that the silver state aims to increase and attract more foreign tourists by sharing the gems in Perak and establishing the state as a new all-time favourite travel destination in the region.