Hello Everyone,

Tourism Malaysia's `Malaysia: Truly Asia' international campaign
received two more gold awards in the Pacific Asia Travel Association
Gold Awards 2008 marketing media category.

The campaign won under categories "Marketing Media - Travel
Advertisement Broadcast Media for Visit Malaysia Year 2007"
and "Marketing Media CD-Rom, Travel Manual Interactive CD".

The recent Tourism Malaysia recognition is just the latest addition
to more than 25 awards the campaign garnered in the last several
years. The campaign also resulted in high tourist arrivals to
Malaysia, meeting its target of over 20.7 million arrivals at the end
of 2007.

In other news, MASwings introduced the brand new ART72 into its fleet
of aircraft, launching "New Friend In The Sky" for the travelling
public in East Malaysia.

The first ATR72 aircraft was received by Chief Minister of Sarawak,
Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Kuching International Airport. Also
present at the ceremony were Minister of Urban Development and
Tourism Datuk Michael Manyin, Chairman of Maswings and managing
director of Malaysia Airlines Datuk Seri Idris Jala and the managing
director of MASwings Dr Amin Khan per Bernama.

Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the new aircraft will help promote
more eco-tourism especially in the rural areas in Sabah and Sarawak.

Rural tourism especially in Sabah and Sarawak depends much on
connectivity and it is hoped that MASwings will be able to provide
more connections to places like Limbang, Mukah, Marudi and also Mulu,
he said in his speech at the launching of the ATR72 Friday.

Dr Amin Khan said the new aircraft will enable MASwings to expand its
capacity by 150 percent and meet future demands for air travel within
Sabah and Sarawak. It will also connect more customers worldwide to
the two states which are ideal business and tourism destinations.

One of DK Malaysia's main goals is to promote investment, business
opportunities, trade, travel and tourism in Malaysia and to assist
MIDA, MITI, MATRADE and Tourism Malaysia achieve their goals and
objectives. I look forward to hearing from all of you and have a
great day.

Remember, Now is a good time to Visit Malaysia!

All the best,

Fred Plimley
President - DK Malaysia Development, LLC
Host/Moderator - Linkedin Malaysia
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