Tourism Malaysia plans to launch internet-visa (i-visa), e-visa (e-mail visa) to ease entry norms for Indians in the country which will felicitate more tourists, officials close to the development told this newspaper said on Friday.
"An announcement rega-rding the two new visa application methods will be made in Chennai on Saturday," the officials said.
Besides, Tourism Mala-ysia on Friday announced a Rs 120 million campaign here to celebrate the ‘Golden Anniversary’ of Malaysia’s Independence and attract more than 3.50 lakh Indian tourists by 2007. The campaign ex-pects to attract more than 20 million global visitors and has identified eight specific regions in the world for a variety of strategic marketing initiatives.
India would be among the top 10-arrival contributing and among the top seven revenue-generating nations during the campaign.
Mirza Mohammad Taiyab Geg, deputy director general of Tourism Malaysia said India was the first country where it was launching its global campaign officially to attract "high-end" tourists.
"An announcement rega-rding the two new visa application methods will be made in Chennai on Saturday," the officials said.
Besides, Tourism Mala-ysia on Friday announced a Rs 120 million campaign here to celebrate the ‘Golden Anniversary’ of Malaysia’s Independence and attract more than 3.50 lakh Indian tourists by 2007. The campaign ex-pects to attract more than 20 million global visitors and has identified eight specific regions in the world for a variety of strategic marketing initiatives.
India would be among the top 10-arrival contributing and among the top seven revenue-generating nations during the campaign.
Mirza Mohammad Taiyab Geg, deputy director general of Tourism Malaysia said India was the first country where it was launching its global campaign officially to attract "high-end" tourists.