"Malaysia My Second Home" Programme Draws 9,275 Foreigners
SHANGHAI, June 14 (Bernama) -- The "Malaysia My Second Home" programme drew 9,275 foreign nationals, especially from China, up to May this year.
Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said 2,021 Chinese nationals joind the programme between 1996 and 2006 and 30 between January and May this year.
According to Tourism Malaysia, the programme drew 818 people from 1996 to 2002, and attracted even more after it took over the programme in 2002.
The number of participants was 1,645 in 2003, 1,917 (2004), 2,615 (2005) and 552 from January to May, 2007.
Lim said the programme had also drawn people from South Korea, Japan and Bangladesh.
Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said 2,021 Chinese nationals joind the programme between 1996 and 2006 and 30 between January and May this year.
According to Tourism Malaysia, the programme drew 818 people from 1996 to 2002, and attracted even more after it took over the programme in 2002.
The number of participants was 1,645 in 2003, 1,917 (2004), 2,615 (2005) and 552 from January to May, 2007.
Lim said the programme had also drawn people from South Korea, Japan and Bangladesh.
Source : BERNAMA
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