Shop, Shop, Shop Till You Drop

People love accumulating things. With this basic understanding of the human psyche, Tourism Malaysia encourage tourists to shop when they visit, with three shopping periods or mega sales, namely the Grand Prix Sale, Mega Sale Carnival and 1MYES, where all shoppers will find discounts up to 70 or even 90%!

Tourism Malaysia is positioning the country as a shopping heaven for tourists who visits Malaysia

It was reported recently that tourist spending on shopping in Malaysia continued to increase with RM16.2 billion recorded in 2010 over RM15.1 billion in 2009, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said.

Dr Ng added that positioning Malaysia as a duty-free shopping destination for tourist goods was one of the three Entry Point Projects undertaken to increase shopping receipts under the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan.

Just imagine if plans to make Malaysia a duty-free shopping destination became a reality! Imagine the range of goods that would be available. Isn’t it just wonderful to be in Malaysia?
Read the full article below:
Tourist spending on shopping in Malaysia continued to increase with RM16.2 billion recorded in 2010 over RM15.1 billion in 2009, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said.
She said tourists in Malaysia shopped to the tune of RM13.3 billion on shopping in 2008 and RM12.2 billion the previous year.
Dr Ng said positioning Malaysia as a duty-free shopping destination for tourist goods was one of the three Entry Point Projects undertaken to increase shopping receipts under the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan.
“We’re targeting RM50 billion of tourist spending on shopping by 2020 comprising around 35 per cent of the total tourist spending,” she said when launching the 1Malaysia Year-End Sale (1MYES) here.
Present were Tourism Malaysia chairman Datuk Dr Victor Wee and acting director-general Datuk Azizan Nordin.
Speaking to reporters later, Dr Ng said local traditional products especially handicrafts were also being promoted during the nationwide 1MYES.
She said the ministry was also planning to lure tourists from Turkey, Uzbekistan and Russia as they were the emerging markets in the tourism industry.

Source: Malaysia.com