World Tourism Day Malaysia 2014
NUSAJAYA, 27 September 2014 – Officiated by the Deputy Secretary General (Culture) of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MOTAC), Ybhg. Datuk Hj. Ab. Ghaffar A. Tambi, the World Tourism Day (WTD) 2014 was celebrated at the Mall of Medini in Nusajaya, Johor.
During the event, Datuk Hj. Ab. Ghaffar also launched the Malaysian Year of Festival 2015 Mascot Naming Contest. The mascot for the year remains the same as Visit Malaysia Year 2014, which is the proboscis monkey. The contest is open to the members of the public and they can participate by filling in the forms at www.vmy2014.com.
Deputy Secretary General (Culture) of MOTAC, Datuk Hj. Ab. Ghaffar A. Tambi, posing with the mascot for VMY2014 and Year of Festivals 2015
Also present was Johor Tourism, Trade and Consumers Affairs State Executive Councillor, YB Datuk Tee Siew Kong and almost 200 members of Voluntarism, an initiative by MOTAC to encourage the public to become volunteers to assist in MOTAC’s events and programmes.
The three-day long event, which began from 26 September until 28 September 2014, showcased various exhibitions consisting of tourism products and crafts by homestays across Malaysia, including artworks by local artists through the 1Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism Fest.
Adding colour to this celebration were the traditional interactive demonstrations of Malaysian traditional games such as congkak, batu seremban, dam aji and sepak bulu ayam.
MOTAC also exhibited the replica of Perak Man, the oldest and the most complete pre-historic human skeleton in Malaysia, during the event. Visitors also gained new knowledge through the manuscript exhibition and enjoyed the cultural performances by ASWARA students and talents from the Arts and Culture Department, JKKN.
To introduce and promote tourist attractions in Johor, MOTAC – in cooperation with Johor Institute of Management Development – organised the WTD 2014 Treasure Hunt that brought the 300 participants to tourist destinations in Johor such as Edu Sports City, Kite Museum and Puteri Harbour Nusajaya.
Introduced in 1980 by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27 September every year to commemorate the contribution and importance of tourism in shaping and influencing social values, culture, politics, and the world economy.
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