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Thu, 09/17/2009 - 12:04
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TOURISM MINISTRY LAUNCHES "FABULOUS FOOD 1MALAYSIA"




KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- The Tourism Ministry today launched the
Fabulous Food 1 Malaysia, a tourism product to promote Malaysia as a food
destination within the country and worldwide.

Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen said Fabulous Food 1Malaysia fest
would be held from October to December and would become an annual programme.

"The programme will be divided into three sections which are October for
the Malaysian International Gourmet Festival (MIGF), November; the shopping
malls food of Malaysia and December; the Malaysian street food festival," she
told reporters after launching the programme.

She said the product was important, first, to tell the world of what type of
food Malaysia offered and second, to develop the culinary industry in the
country.

Ng said this year the shopping complexes food event in November would
only be held in Kuala Lumpur because the ministry needed more time to seek
suitable malls throughout the country to participate in the event.


On another note, Dr Ng announced that tourist arrivals to Malaysia for
August recorded an increase of 10.4 per cent as compared to the same month last
year.

"Malaysia recorded a total of 2,030,337 tourists arrivals for the month of
August 2009. It represented an increase of 10.4 per cent from 1,839,235 tourist
arrival for the same month in 2008," she said.

Commenting on the establishment of the 1Malaysian F1 team, Dr Ng said any
effort to promote Malaysia in a world class event would always help in the
growth of the tourism industry.

-- BERNAMA

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