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JOHOR BARU: There is a need to provide more allocation and support to the tourism sector in order to boost the number of visitors in the years to come, say industry players here.

JOHOR should seriously look into hosting more international events including sports, which has a global following, to draw more foreign tourists.

IT HAS been 18 months since the reopening of Johor’s border with Singapore, but visitor numbers to the state are still far short of pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang is abuzz with tourists, thanks to the school holidays and long National Day weekend.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The countdown is on for the 17th Edition of Food & Hotel Malaysia 2023 (FHM), the nation's premier biennial trade-only food and hospitality exhibition, scheduled to take place from 19 to 22 September 2023 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). This four-day event, well established as the leading industry trade exhibition for regional industry players, is set to feature 1,500 participating exhibitors and top brands along with 25,...

Fans are known to travel around the region to watch such concerts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JOHOR BARU: Business owners here are hopeful that a series of concerts by British rock band Coldplay and American pop star Taylor Swift across the border in Singapore next year will bring some positive spillover effects to the state’s economy.

Many hotels around Desaru and Johor Bahru saw high occupancy rate. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JOHOR government has been urged to be more proactive in promoting and marketing the southern state as a tourism centre.

JOHOR BARU: Tourism industry players in Johor are hoping that the state will follow in Penang’s footsteps by regulating short-term stay (STS) rentals.