Perancang Bandar, Pengurus Pelancong Berperanan Penting Dalam Pembangunan Pelancongan

Kuala Lumpur, 1 Okt (Bernama) -- Perancang bandar dan pengurus pelancongan memain peranan penting memastikan pembangunan pelancongan yang lestari disokong oleh dasar-dasar perbandaran keseluruhan selain memenuhi keperluan penduduk bandar raya dan pengunjungnya.

Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Ahmad Phesal Talib berkata semua peringkat rancangan pembangunan pelancongan adalah mustahak bagi memperoleh pembangunan dan pengurusan pelancongan lestari.

"Pengalaman dari banyak kawasan pelancongan di dunia menunjukkan bahawa dalam jangka panjang, pendekatan terancang untuk memajukan pelancongan boleh membawa manfaat tanpa menimbulkan masalah selain mengekalkan kepuasan pasaran pelancongan," kata beliau semasa merasmikan Persidangan Bandar Raya Pelancongan Global (GTCC) 2012 di sini, Isnin.

Datuk Ahmad Phesal.  Gambar sumber dari NST

Ucapannya dibacakan oleh Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Perancangan) DBKL, Datuk Zulkifli Ibrahim.

Ahmad Phesal berkata tempat-tempat yang membolehkan pelancongan berkembang tanpa menerusi perancangan sering dibelenggu masalah alam sekitar dan sosial.

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Nota :

Datuk Ahmad Phesal berusia 58 tahun dilantik sebagai Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur berkuatkuasa 18 Julai 2012 untuk 2 tahun menggantikan Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail.

BUDGET : Visit Malaysia Year 2013/14 Targeted To Draw 26.8 Million Tourists

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- For Visit Malaysia Year 2013/14, the government has allocated RM358 million under the development expenditure, an increase of 42 per cent, to target 26.8 million tourist arrivals.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said tourism was a key economic growth sector, contributing almost 12 per cent GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

Tabling the 2013 Budget today, he said that total revenue generated from the tourism sector was estimated to increase to RM62 billion in 2012.

As a tax incentive, tour operators who bring in at least 500 foreign tourists a year are currently given tax exemption for three years.

For tour operators who bring in at least 500 foreign tourists or handle 1,500 local tourists a year, the government has proposed under the 2013 Budget that the income tax exemption be extended for three years.

The income tax exemption will be in force beginning with the 2013 assessment year until 2015.

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Malaysia's Budget 2013 on Tourism Industry

Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia just announce incentive for tourism company if they able to bring more than 750 foreign tourist or 1500 local tourist.

I need to check again the 'fact' on tomorrow's newspaper. I think its a great opportunity for local company and industry player as a whole.

Budget 2013 is expected to generate more than 26.8 million tourist.

JPA Scholars Fly on Malaysia Airlines’ A380-800

Kuala Lumpur (28 September 2012): Malaysia Airlines was the preferred carrier of the Public Service Department (JPA) which sent 43 scholars to Dublin for higher education. The students boarded Malaysia Airlines’ A380 flight MH002 at KL International Airport (KLIA) on 21^st September 2012 at 11.40pm (Malaysian Time) and connected from London to Dublin, Ireland where they will pursue their studies in the medical discipline.

A humble send-off programme for the students was organised by Malaysia Airlines at KLIA, graced by Datuk Farida Bt Mohd Ali, (Deputy Director General Public Service-Development) of the Public Service Department. The students were in a strong spirit of achievement, gratitude and excitement when they took off from our homeland and the spirit of 1Malaysia was clearly visible at the send-off where the students from all backgrounds and ethnicity shared the memorable moment together.

Malaysia Airlines Regional Senior Vice President Malaysia & ASEAN Region, Encik Muzammil Mohamad said, “Malaysia Airlines is indeed very proud to be part of this wonderful journey of these students. They can be assured of a very comfortable journey on Malaysia Airlines experiencing our A380 premium services like world-class meals, beverages, entertainment and on-board facilities. We have been working closely with JPA to help with the scholars travel and we are truly honoured to be the airline of choice for the JPA,” he added.

Datuk Farida Bt Mohd Ali, Deputy Director General Public Service (Development), said, “Malaysia Airlines is surely our first choice for scholar travel arrangements as it has offered very competitive fares for this purpose. JPA looks into best travel arrangements and Malaysia Airlines has always cooperated well with JPA in this endeavour. This assists us in our commitment to facilitate Malaysian students who would like to pursue their dreams abroad and return with a storehouse of knowledge to serve our country better,” he added.

Prior to this departure, JPA also sent a total of 520 sponsored Malaysian students to Paris, Delhi, Jakarta, Bangalore, London, Los Angeles and Hong Kong on Malaysia Airlines in August and September this year.

“Malaysia Airlines takes this opportune moment to wish the JPA scholars all the very best and our only hope is that they will succeed in pursuance of their dreams”, added Muzammil at the event.